Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a simple green robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He sports a flattop hair cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 55. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Balam 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: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. With bright red hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She became a Butcher soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 8000 gp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Rose (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Amber (120 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Jet (120 gp). Clear bright green emerald (7000 gp). Sard (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Brown diamond (7000 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Sard (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and usually wears his green robe and has his axe always slung over his shoulder. His brown hair is long and unkept. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 7000 gp. White pearl (80 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He likes to wear brown tank tops with green pants. He has shaved his head bald. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Nuraval wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Tabaxi activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tabaxi doctor. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She tends to wear a red poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has slicked back brown hair. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 7000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 5000 gp. Black pearl (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Jet (150 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 eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears tattered old clothes. She sports brown long hair. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice, Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 700 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.