Description: He usually wears his grey robe and has his halberd always slung over his shoulder. His head has been shaved. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born in a small island village. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Slave. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Cressel hails from a village terrorized by drow. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a pastel vest and prefers black and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He wears his beige fur down. He has a dull look in his yellow eyes.

Personality: Five is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Five was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the south were limited. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

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

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he tends to wear a pastel poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His black fur is braided into rings. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Cask alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 180 gp. Carnelian (20 gp). Amethyst (70 gp).

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He is portly but not overly obese. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Carpenter. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

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. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Carpenter responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Hunter. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Qualen speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Qualen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 sp. Banded agate (9 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This malnourished woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She bought a longsword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Bricklayer.

Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is red and curly. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Tordrid was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He is physically well-built. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 31. 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 uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 gp.