Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears baggy red pantaloons and a grey scarf. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Bulzo lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Bulzo abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and doesn't want to be a body guard and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 gp. Peridot (70 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Jade (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Jade (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. 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. Vadania fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Revenge; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Ruler. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Ruler for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and tabaxi compassion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He got into the Sculptor business at a young age. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: To be a Scribe again.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 8000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears a brown collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is an amazing painter.

History: Gerald was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Jade (60 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Sard (40 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Coral (60 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older man who dresses like a well dressed Scribe does, he is not a threatening figure. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. A freak accident while working with his Butcher father left him crippled. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 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 (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.