Description: Standing 4'8", this woman wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. 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 unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

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: To get a good night's sleep; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Aquamarine (700 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: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears a worn and beaten armor, marred by chocolates. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small grey clips. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is her passion; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1700 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Canary diamond (7000 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and she perpetually has her sword ready. Her long bronze crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

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 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: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Saphara fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Citrine (80 gp).

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'4" when asserting herself. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a Mayor, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When Salanop reached her early adolescence her Gnome 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 ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Server for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Military, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 8000 gp. Malachite (5 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Rose (20 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Blue-white diamond (8000 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 6000 gp. Pink pearl (50 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Golden pearl (50 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.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her white crest is braided into rings. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson black hat.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His orange fur is lengthy. His eyes are copper and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Kite was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Sculptor they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Sage, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.