Description: This late middle aged woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is white and very short. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born into a rich family. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. After months of barely getting by, Merla managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has black crest. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Barrister. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Expand his business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp).

Description: A 3'4" northern man, he likes to wear blue tank tops with grey pants. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has slicked back brown hair. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

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 is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Harriet lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His orange fur is knotted and matted. His yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Silent isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tabaxi unity. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tabaxis.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Healer; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Pink diamond (4000 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Zircon (20 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is typically in his Painter uniform. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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: Blorg was born the youngest of three triplets. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 8000 gp. Blue quartz (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears skinny pants and wears a red and tan robe with the hood down. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small red clips. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep green spinel (120 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He has a hunchback. His white hair is long and unkept. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Mormo isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a Guard, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature mace.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her white hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. 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, Nikki is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she's in love

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Rose (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Jet (150 gp). Hematite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.