Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His fur is gray and curly. His eyes are copper and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 pp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 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 (100 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1100 pp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is silver and curly. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: Born to a Mortician, her father struggled to pay the bills. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Tabaxi activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tabaxi doctor. She has worked as a Bather like her father before her.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a mortician again

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 700 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the left. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears an entirely tan suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Naeris will drive conversation. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born in the south. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears light armors faded through time and improper care, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is black and very short. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Baker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Baker. She became a Baker soon after.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Hematite (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Coral (40 gp). Rose (80 gp). Amber (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.