Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. His long red fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His copper unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Mentor, Guardian. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tabaxi companion (her 'brother'). She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 sp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are amber.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 30000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'9" and is dressed in an above average manner. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born to a Scribe, her father struggled to pay the bills. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has worked as a Shipwright like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Full Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 14000 sp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his mace with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and he perpetually has his mace ready. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 500 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Amber (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 30000 cp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp). 1 Full Plate.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on her right side. She is portly but not overly obese. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 330 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Backpack.