Description: This tall, slender woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has no hair. She has a dull look in her white eyes.

Personality: Lerissa speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Lerissa is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a Guard, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her first spouse was a Guard, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Guard they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Sage, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 10000 gp. Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her white fur is unkempt and raggedy. Her yellow eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a Mayor first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She got into the Mayor business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Mayor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mayor work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has worked as a Mayor like her father before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 900 pp. Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a brown shirt with thin black vertical stripes and brown pants. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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: The child of a Ruler, who enjoyed hunting, Conrad was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Baker.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length red hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Sorath is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Sorath was raised in a hard working conservative environment. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bookbinder for hire.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 19000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Sard (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Jet (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tan trousers with grey and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Through the years after Zook was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Zook's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 7000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Taklinn embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Faran was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Faran alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 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.