Description: This woman is very fat, and very much looks the part of a Bookbinder. She has dyed her greying white fur a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, River's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has shaved his head bald. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady, and carries tridents. Her orange fur is matted, messy, and big. She is baby faced.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Spear hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She found a children's book about a Tabaxi Barbarian who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1800 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is typically in his Sculptor uniform. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student he started as a Cartwright, but he got bored and became a Sculptor. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longbow.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are white and catlike.

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 afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. She found a children's book about a Tiefling Warrior who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 60 pp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a green shirt with thin black vertical stripes and green pants. He carries with him a set of greatswords on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Forcas was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Mayor. He 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 his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and yellow handkerchief worn on his right side. He has no hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. A true patriot, Nil would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Tanner arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military, Rich, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1200 pp. Amethyst (160 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Iolite (30 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he tends to wear a large brown jacket. His silver hair is singed and shortened. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Elaim lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Elaim grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Elaim. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 15000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Clear bright green emerald (7000 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Rose (20 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.