Description: She prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her blonde hair is well kept. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She struck the Merchant job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. Pink pearl (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'1" and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson violet hat.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Conrad is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

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. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Unemployed work with an outfit from a few towns over. Unemployed work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He struck the Unemployed job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson black hat.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a Butcher, her father struggled to pay the bills. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She tends to her Shepherd job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Amber (60 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She usually wears her white robe and has her glaive always slung over her shoulder. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born to a Mayor, her father struggled to pay the bills. Arha was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Tanner. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'3". He wears professional attire. He wears a colorful flower in his scarlet crest. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: 5'8" and muscular, this western woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a pastel coat. She has dyed her greying yellow fur a little too much giving a sharp yellow color. This yellow eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Ploughman but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Cask alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears red trousers with black and violet striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She carries a battered sai and tarnished ceremonial dagger as well. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Callie lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Mason they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Knight, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.