Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has wavy blonde hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She takes great joy in being the best Navigator in town.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her purple hair has been sun bleached extensively. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Verin is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Stableman for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Stableman responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Mason who has hired him part-time. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in the west to a Mason, Patrick learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Bather, but he got bored and became a Mason. 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: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 3000 cp. Silver pearl (110 gp).

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. 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, Gardain is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Gardain lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Engraver and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

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

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. He found a children's book about a Halfling Rogue who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Debt. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 8000 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has shaved his head bald. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born in the west to a Actor, Ghaliver learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Actor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Actor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new actor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a brown coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. Her blonde hair is lengthy. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Gunnloda alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Gunnloda was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.