Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a brown vest and prefers black and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His yellow fur is knotted and matted. He has gleaming, smiling copper eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. 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: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to protect his home

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Pink pearl (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). White opal (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Sard (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Coral (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tattered old clothes. Her black hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Layabout arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Therlin abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Layabout.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 gp. Banded agate (12 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Jet (110 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Sard (30 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). White opal (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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. Artin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Artin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She's also a talented Stylist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1200 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His white crest is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. While he appears to be a normal Dragonborn, 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. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Healer and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 12000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 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 is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her long golden hair reaches down to her waist. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. The war was a terrible time for her, and Giselle does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 pp.

Description: This woman dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with tan slacks, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She keeps her purple hair in a flapper bob. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Pyra hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She worked as a nervous Miner and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Miner for the past few years.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears pastel trousers with green and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her beige fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the west were limited. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To be a Apothecary again; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 900 pp. Silver pearl (140 gp). Blue diamond (5000 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.