Description: This light-skinned female is dressed in an above average manner. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has moderate length auburn hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying west to reunite her family. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Professionalism, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 340 gp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. She has a hunchback. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a blue feathered hat and blue clothes. She has shaved her head bald. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Zanna was born the youngest of three triplets. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a barkeep and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

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

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her silver eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Black opal (600 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears dull black sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed halberd, just in case. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. She has blue eyes and a black hat with a red feather.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Sage born in the past three hundred years. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she's in love

Bonds: Job, Religious, Nature, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 12000 sp. Jet (70 gp).

Description: He wears a black collared shirt and green pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He is physically well-built. His silver crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dragonborn in existence. He takes great joy in being the best Soapmaker in town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Valorean was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Valorean's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 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 wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Mella hails from a village terrorized by drow. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Mella was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Violet garnet (700 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Moss agate (4 gp).

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Sage arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1000 pp.