Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Mastema is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 pp. Banded agate (11 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Jet (100 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Jade (100 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Black pearl (400 gp).

Description: He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. He wears his gray fur down. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He uses divination through singing.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tabaxi conditions. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Racist. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1200 pp. Silver ewer (40 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rose (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is silver and very short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. 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 was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 800 pp. Smoky quartz (30 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She has wavy brown hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Andraste lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Rose (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He carries with him a set of morningstars on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. His chestnut hair is cut short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Odorr fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.