Description: This woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her cinnamon fur is unkempt and raggedy. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Spice Merchant profession.

History: Born in the north to a Laborer, Smoking learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Laborer. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Eloise was born on a far northern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Knight. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: She sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Lavinia isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Lavinia was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She struck the Priest job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Emerald (1200 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears tan trousers with violet and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting illithids, the young Anverth began to lead the lost caravan. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 12000 cp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Average lock.

Description: He prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is silver and very short. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Everard and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'6". She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a white coat with red slacks. Her bronze crest is long and unkept. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She hates Dragonborns with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: The child of a Sellsword, who enjoyed hunting, Quespa was taken on many hunting expeditions. Quespa liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She bought a mace and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Halfling compassion.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Slave. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Jet (130 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he usually wears his yellow robe and has his ceremonial dagger always slung over his shoulder. His hair is short and blonde. His ears are large.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Bertram was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. While she appears to be a normal Half-Orc, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Insomniac. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She bought a bow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Silk rope.