Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: The child of a Fisher, who enjoyed hunting, Nil was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. After a long history of fighting, Nil and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears long strands of ruby and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her silver hair is lengthy. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born in a small plains village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. After a long history of fighting, Helja and her spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. She carries with her a set of shortbows, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the left. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His orange fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Kite was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 50 gp. Blue quartz (13 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is wearing a long, blue cloak. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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, Umpen is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'11" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears dull white sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed whip, just in case. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. A gifted student she started as a Dilettante, but she got bored and became a Fortune-teller. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Fortune-teller for the past few years.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the north. Through the years after Therai was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Therai's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts, and is pretty ugly. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His ears are large.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, In love. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 70 gp. Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears tattered old clothes. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.