Description: This eastern woman wears a grey vest and prefers brown and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. A true patriot, Ermina would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. 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. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. Uthûg is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Uthûg lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a sage and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 10 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She carries with her a set of tridents, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nella studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His black fur is braided into rings. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. The war was a terrible time for him, and Shadow does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. He struck the Scribe job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Scribe responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. She has styled her brown fur well, parting it to the right. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Windy isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tabaxi unity. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Windy 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 giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Forgetful, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a simple tan robe with brown stripes complete with hood, and she perpetually has her falchion ready. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Siffress's homeland. Siffress decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with yellow slacks. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He takes great joy in being the best Navigator in town.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. After coming to the age of reason, Hadarai took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and expand his business

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His white hair is thinning but still full. He has blue eyes and a red hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Bulzo was born the youngest of three triplets. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 sp.