Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His silver crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears his beige fur down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Architect business.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a black shirt with thin red vertical stripes and black pants, and is pretty ugly. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Fenriz grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Fenriz. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: He wears an entirely white suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He got into the Carter business at a young age. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. He struck the Carter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Military, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 sp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Pennie hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair is red and very short. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His copper crest is heavily combed to the left. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Flaws: Cynical, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Beatrice hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. After coming to the age of reason, Beatrice took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Beatrice was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a interpreter again

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 gp. Moonstone (70 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. She has violet eyes and a tan hat with a red feather.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Lilli was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Lilli decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 190 gp.