Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Valida was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She is greedy; and doesn't want to be a priest and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Military. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 5000 gp. Red spinel (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man prefers to wear flannel. His clothes are grease stained in places. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Berrian embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born to a Dyer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He found a children's book about a Elf 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. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (5 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. Her long black fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. The war was a terrible time for her, and Jade does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Jade was born with her mother's beautiful face. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and he perpetually has his warhammer ready. His beige fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. A friendly and beautiful Tabaxi, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shifting fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (12 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Jet (70 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). Amber (90 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 3000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 2'11" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 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 history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 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.