Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She became a Cook soon after.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Slave, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: 5'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length black fur. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. To his fellows he 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Slave, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a violet shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and green pants. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. 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: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and to unite with her sister

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Poor, In love. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 sp. Sard (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Gardener. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Vanchu enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Gardener for hire.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 cp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp).

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She is portly but not overly obese. Her red fur, when down, is lengthy. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Priest arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Peridot (70 gp). 1 Superior lock.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears suspenders and pastel workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy pastel leather apron most of the time. He sports a flattop fur cut. He has hazel eyes and a pastel hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has a very tight haircut. She is baby faced.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shepherd and was forced into it by her family; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp.