Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Gruk studied abroad. His first spouse was a Detective, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gruk fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To be a Detective again; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, marred by chocolates. Her chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Giselle lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears green trousers with white and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, she is not a threatening figure. She has done her best to style her scarlet crest to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Gifted from a young age, Synthrin studied abroad. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a white collared shirt and red skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Greedy, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'11" and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. A freak accident while working with his Apothecary father left him crippled. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Superior lock. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her green crest has been sun bleached extensively. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Performer. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Performer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Performer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is her passion; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his trident with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and he perpetually has his trident ready. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Through the years after Cimer was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Cimer's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 20000 sp. Citrine (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: Standing 6'8", this man wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He keeps his green crest in a pixie cut. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nadarr embodies much of what other species detest in the Dragonborns. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His auburn hair is still thick. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has worked as a Dyer like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Forgetful, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 30 pp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp).