Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her gold crest is greasy and uncared for. She has gold eyes and a green hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: She is a Unemployed first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She is a Hag in disguise. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature dagger.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 pp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Jet (50 gp). Rose (40 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Jet (50 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Karg is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Karg was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Lazy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 600 pp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and ruby ring (11000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She stands about 6'4" and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Smoking embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting brigands, the young Smoking began to lead the lost caravan. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Canary diamond (6000 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Citrine (80 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Butcher. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Impeccable, Extrovert. Bonds: Military, Job, Debt. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 pp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Jade (110 gp). Rose (50 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Blue-white diamond (4000 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Coral (110 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears just a grey suit. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in the east. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 9000 gp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears professional attire. Her hair is white and curly. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She became a Masseuse soon after.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and balancing her hectic life and new masseuse responsibilities is difficult

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 pp. Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Jet (140 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Malachite (13 gp). White opal (800 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Canary diamond (4000 gp). Jacinth (4000 gp). Sard (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished man is renowned for his bright red suits and hats. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Bucklal is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a Junk Dealer, his father struggled to pay the bills. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and doesn't want to be a stableman and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 900 pp. Fire opal (1100 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Jet (130 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Amber (130 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp).