Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She carries a battered scimitar and tarnished shield as well. Her head has been shaved. She has gray eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Black star sapphire (500 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Unemployed, and he perpetually has his greatsword ready. His gold crest is matted, messy, and big. He has gold eyes and a green hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tabaxi culture. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born to a Body Guard, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Unemployed work with an outfit from a few towns over. Unemployed 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: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has wavy brown hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull blue iron scale mail. She has a very tight haircut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born into a rich family. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment and is in decent physical shape. Her blue crest is lengthy. 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 fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Hethress hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 11000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: PTSD, Insomniac. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Hematite (13 gp). Jasper (70 gp).

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 dresses like a well dressed Barber does. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Barber arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 achieved small success as a Barber.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Vani will drive conversation. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Vani was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Bard, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Bard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Vani abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Mara enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Mara never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, In love, Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). White opal (600 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp).