Description: This woman is very fat, and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull black iron scale mail. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Interpreter. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Superior lock. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears baggy blue pantaloons and a yellow scarf. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Cook profession.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. A gifted student he started as a Cook, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a yellow vest and prefers grey and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Laucian grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A gifted student he started as a Glassblower, but he got bored and became a Navigator. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Namfoodle is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a simple black robe with blue stripes complete with hood. Her copper crest is long and unkept. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: Akra was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He carries a battered scimitar and tarnished greatsword as well. His crest is cut close to his head. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bharash fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3000 gp. Star ruby (600 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She tends to wear a large grey jacket. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She's also a talented Miner, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 90 gp. Jade (40 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears yellow robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a ceremonial dagger, but if one is not available she will default to her quarterstaff. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This man is wearing a long, blue cloak. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. He has shaved his head bald. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new assassin responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 gp. Moonstone (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Sard (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp).