Description: This southern man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull red iron scale mail. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. 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: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His white hair is thinning but still full. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

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 does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Varis hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Varis alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. Her red hair is long and unkept. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Rieta 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. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 gp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Emerald (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her red hair is thinning but still full. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Guardian, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: A 6'1" northern woman, she wears a fancy brown dress. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Griselda was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Cleric, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Cleric in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 6000 sp. Moonstone (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, red shirt, and grey tie. She has a hunchback. Her head has been shaved. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this northern woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her long red fur kept up in a rat tail. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. A freak accident while working with her Gardener mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a red coat with grey slacks. Her brass crest is greasy and uncared for. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Sculptor arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears just a brown suit. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her yellow fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Fragrant is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Fragrant was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the north were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 50 pp.