Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Jet (100 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. With wild white hair. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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: She is a Jackalwere in disguise. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Cartwright they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Spice Merchant, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 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: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears her silver hair up. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Shava was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When Shava reached her early adolescence her Elf father 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 remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 16000 gp. Golden pearl (100 gp). Jade (100 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 5'7". She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a ceremonial dagger, but if one is not available she will default to her mace, and her gloved hand is found clutching a mace. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Flask lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a yellow shirt, with a grey mid length skirt with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. 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. 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. Avice fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Eye agate (16 gp). Rose (70 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Amber (150 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). White pearl (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a blue tunic with tan highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has shaved his head bald. He has gray eyes and a blue hat with a tan feather.

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 does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born into a rich family. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1900 pp. Citrine (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Amber (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat, and carries tridents. Her hair is brown and curly. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Menny embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Tanner but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Menny hails from a village terrorized by illithids. At a young age her father died while driving off some illithids. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in trident use. After a long history of fighting, Menny and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 700 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp).