Description: This malnourished man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull blue iron scale mail. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Painter. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gifted student he started as a Weaver, but he got bored and became a Painter. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His fur is short and cinnamon. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 900 pp. Blue quartz (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Jet (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her feathered white hat.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Dee was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (800 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.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he likes to wear violet tank tops with white pants. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To be a Painter again.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 500 pp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Amber (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 2'11" and tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his small red hat.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people.

Flaws: Disease, Racist, Secretive. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Jade (80 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Onyx (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sickle with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He keeps his white fur in a flapper bob. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He found a children's book about a Tabaxi Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2000 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). White pearl (80 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a brown shirt, with a pastel mid length shorts with pastel tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has wavy red fur. This yellow eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Sage and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp.