Description: This eastern woman wears a simple black robe with red stripes complete with hood. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady white eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Assassin hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 6000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears dull white sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed nunchaku, just in case. Her tied-back hair is golden. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Glassblower. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. Recently the stress of being a Glassblower has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: Revenge; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has dyed her greying bronze crest a little too much giving a sharp bronze color. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When Findex reached her early adolescence her Dragonborn mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. 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: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 6000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. He has dyed his greying cinnamon fur a little too much giving a sharp cinnamon color. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tabaxi conditions. 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. Flame fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Forgetful. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1200 pp.

Description: He tends to wear a large yellow jacket. He is portly but not overly obese. His red hair is cut short. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Gilbert will drive conversation. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black opal (400 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Coral (160 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Jet (160 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). White opal (400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She has dyed her greying silver crest a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born in the south. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Banded agate (12 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Citrine (30 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is blonde and very short. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 6000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). 1 Major magic item.