Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is mildly Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Hatae is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Hatae has worked very hard to control her curse. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Tabaxi people; and tabaxi compassion

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a white tunic with green highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. 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: To share knowledge with the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 18000 cp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his nunchaku with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep silver.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born in the east. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Ahrim and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has wavy chestnut hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. Being a Shepherd kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Debt. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 19000 sp. Zircon (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has wavy blue crest. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Simple lock. 1 Good lock. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His chestnut hair is still thick. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he is greedy

Flaws: Shy, Secretive, PTSD. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Balimaar was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2400 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Rose (60 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Jet (80 gp).