Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shields and quarterstaffs. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. The war was a terrible time for him, and Duergath does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Fortune-teller for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. Iolite (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Onyx (70 gp).

Description: She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. Her bronze crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Born to a Cook, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Engraver hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Black pearl (1200 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Rinn has worked very hard to control her curse. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rinn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a tan scarf. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Pallabar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Pallabar has worked very hard to control his curse. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 40 pp. Black star sapphire (700 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Rose (50 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'3" and wears a grey deerstalker hat and grey clothes. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Barendd is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Barendd lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Barendd was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Sellsword. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 220 gp. Chalcedony (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her green crest is braided into rings. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Stylist. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She worked as a nervous Stylist and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: She is in excellent shape and usually wears her tan robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. She has no hair. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. 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 made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Her crest is green and curly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Doudra grew up listening to her father's many stories. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 40 gp.