Description: This man is very fat, and typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Nalral has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and doesn't want to be a performer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 90 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). Jade (80 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a worn and beaten armor. She has no hair. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: Nurkara speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born into a rich family. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. 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 is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a brown tunic with grey highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She uses divination through singing.

History: Ahlyssa was raised in a hard working conservative environment. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 3200 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His head has been shaved. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. 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: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Emerald (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a brown shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and black pants. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. With wild golden hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Yurgunn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She bought a mace and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her beige fur is smooth and relatively long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: 6'5" and muscular, this northern man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His rusty crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: She wears a simple black robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. She is physically well-built. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a Herbalist, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and to protect her home

Flaws: Addict, Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.