Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears black trousers with white and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has no crest. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born in the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Knight hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Being a Knight 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: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

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 a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. 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. Maegan 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 doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Logical, Athletic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 900 pp. Sard (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Jacinth (3000 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'9" and is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, blue shirt, and green tie. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His first spouse was a Scribe, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her hammer with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and is pretty ugly. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She is mildly Gnome supremacist, though she does not identify as such. 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: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; 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: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is wearing a long, brown cloak. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Slave, In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His copper crest is lengthy. He has gold eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born in a small island village. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He bought a greataxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. 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 always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Terse, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 800 sp. 7 Acid flasks.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'5". She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and her gloved hand is found clutching a glaive. Her white hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: Bilga speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother 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. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Fearful. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. 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 gnolls. Eloise was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 230 pp. Moss agate (10 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Jet (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.