Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Manfred lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Manfred never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears tattered old clothes. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He keeps his long blue hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise black.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Mantus was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has worked as a Laborer like his father before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 60 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp). 3 Smokesticks.

Description: He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Paymon was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Soapmaker, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her hair is short and white. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Jezebeth hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Jezebeth was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 60 gp. Zircon (30 gp). 3 Acid flasks.

Description: This malnourished man wears tattered old clothes. His white fur, when down, is lengthy. His copper eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Flame was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He found a children's book about a Tabaxi Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Being a Jeweler kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 290 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Coral (90 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body and is in decent physical shape. His red hair is lengthy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears her auburn hair up. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Sage. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. A gifted student she started as a Bowyer, but she got bored and became a Sage. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and expand her business

Bonds: Slave, Job, Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

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

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hand crossbows and glaives. His brown hair is cut short. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in the west. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 40 gp.