Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is an epitome of beauty. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of a Hunter, who enjoyed hunting, Vondal was taken on many hunting expeditions. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Vondal has worked very hard to control his curse. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. After months of barely getting by, Oppleby managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

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

Possessions: 12000 cp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has wavy orange fur. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Weaver who has hired him part-time. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Spring hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 210 pp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Sard (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this southern woman is dressed in a clean green cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her hair is brown and very short. She has red eyes and a green hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Ronobe was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp).

Description: An older man who dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. His crest, while still mostly gold, has prominent grey streaks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Mercenary business.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in the west to a Architect, Anastrianna learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Thin and wheezing

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

Description: This man stands a little under 6'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears professional attire. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Vani alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born in the west. Orla was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Bather. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.