Description: He is in excellent shape and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his orange fur up. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Cask embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. White pearl (160 gp). Rose (50 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). White opal (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Amber (160 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She tends to her Masseuse job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Debt, Job, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He carries a battered sword and tarnished warhammer as well. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Dimble was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. A freak accident while working with his Bricklayer mother left him crippled. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Animal Trainer for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Animal Trainer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 600 gp. Malachite (6 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, tan cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'3" when asserting himself. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses like a well dressed Farmer does. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rurik grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He found a children's book about a Dwarf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He struck the Farmer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Guard again; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 190 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She carries with her a set of scythes on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He got into the Fisher business at a young age. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Veit grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Veit. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and grey handkerchief worn on her left side. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Oriff will drive conversation. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 gp. Deep green spinel (130 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He sports a flattop fur cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: Drifting is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 17000 sp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp).