Description: This malnourished woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her red fur is heavily combed to the right. Her copper eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker pastel hat.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Shadow hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. She's also a talented Armorer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 800 sp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. 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 blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ortegar embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. A true patriot, Ortegar would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Ortegar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is portly but not overly obese. His tied-back hair is brown. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bookbinder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: To be a Slave Trader again; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 20 gp. Amethyst (120 gp).

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). 5 Acid flasks. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Carter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of a Marshal, who enjoyed hunting, Hugh was taken on many hunting expeditions. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He bought a pickaxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

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 hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Onyx (30 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 40 pp. Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Slave Trader; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Rich, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 30 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp).