Description: This man wears light armors faded through time and improper care, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is long and silver with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. He has gray eyes and a red hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears dull brown sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed mace, just in case. His gray fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He is baby faced.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Cloak enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While he appears to be a normal Tabaxi, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. 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: He feels threatened by others; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 700 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is dressed in an above average manner. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She got into the Stylist business at a young age. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She struck the Stylist job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Debt. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1500 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He very much looks the part of a Guard. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Guard for hire.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor, and she perpetually has her trident ready. Her blonde hair is still thick. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Jet (160 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Amber (160 gp). 1 Average lock. 1 Superior lock. 1 Simple lock.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3000 cp. Jade (100 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears his black hair up. He has amber eyes and a white hat with a black feather.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: Nutae was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. When Nutae reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp. Red spinel (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Rose (20 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has moderate length white hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Quarion embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Banker. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Banker for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Banker responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp.