Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. He has no hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insane. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. The war was a terrible time for her, and Anastrianna does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. 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 seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 90 gp. Rose (70 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her cinnamon fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her eyes are likewise copper. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Shepherd business.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Five never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Justice, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Spice Merchant. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. After coming to the age of reason, Sapply took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a assassin again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 70 gp. Iolite (30 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is renowned for her bright violet dresses and hats. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Bethrynna embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

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. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a white vest and prefers black and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Tomi hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Tomi was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Brewer. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 130 gp. 4 Holy water.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a black tunic with green highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. His copper crest is smooth and relatively long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To protect his home; and halfling compassion

Flaws: Shy, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears an entirely tan suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes, marred by teas. His hair is white and curly. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp).

Description: Standing 5'10", this woman dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with green slacks. Her orange fur is singed and shortened. Her copper unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Aura hails from a village terrorized by brigands. A freak accident while working with her Cartwright father left her crippled. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Greedy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 sp.