Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Nature, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 160 gp. Coral (50 gp).

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a red and black robe with the hood down. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is short and silver. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a Tanner first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Cora lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cora was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Tanner. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Scribe they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Tanner, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. She wears her purple hair up. Her black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Anakis's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. 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 brigands. Anakis was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and revenge

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Tiaathque was born the youngest of three triplets. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and an old rival family wants her found

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 20 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is short and brown. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Now she works as a singing tutor during her time off.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Bonds: Military, Attractive. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: She tends to wear a large green jacket. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her glaive, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. Her copper crest, when down, is lengthy. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is mildly Dragonborn supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Nala 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 gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 160 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her lavender fur is thinning but still full. Her yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is mildly Tabaxi supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. While she appears to be a normal Tabaxi, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Dragonborn compassion.

Flaws: Racist, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 50 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp).