Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: An older woman who is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Farmer. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Pyntle was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Adept, 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 Adept in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She 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. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Farmer.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly monstrous two handed axes and quarterstaffs. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Being a Spy 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Military, Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 pp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a brown costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a Bookbinder first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is an amazing painter.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a simple black robe with white stripes complete with hood. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the left. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bookbinder who has hired her part-time. Verin is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Verin lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Paela embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Healer. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. His dark red hair is greasy and uncared for. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to protect his home

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Guardian, Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Callybon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Callybon never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 14000 sp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. Her yellow fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Tabaxi culture. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2000 sp.