Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Veloptima was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She bought a scimitar and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 15000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'3" when asserting himself. His golden hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He got into the Herbalist business at a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Red spinel (100 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Sard (80 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Tordek will drive conversation. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tordek grew up listening to his father's many stories. Tordek liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. She has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1600 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He takes great joy in being the best Armorer in town.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has worked as a Armorer like his father before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Iolite (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Jet (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 4'11", this woman wears a blue shirt, with a red mid length skirt with red tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2000 gp. Aquamarine (800 gp). Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). White opal (400 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Blue diamond (5000 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.