Description: She wears a green tunic with brown highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'2" when asserting herself. Her red hair is singed and shortened. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Astaro was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 210 gp. Iolite (40 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. His fur is white and very short. His copper eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Lone lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His crest is brass, silky, and of moderate length. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Mugrunden was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Ruler. He has achieved small success as a Ruler.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He carries with him a set of falchions on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Melech has worked very hard to control his curse. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Melech fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 170 gp. Carnelian (60 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Eiravel lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fisher and was forced into it by his family.

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is portly but not overly obese. Her beige fur is singed and shortened. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tabaxi in existence. 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: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a green tunic with red highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes and is in decent physical shape. He sports a flattop crest cut. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull tan iron scale mail. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. She has wavy brass crest. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She struck the Fortune-teller job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and balancing her hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30 gp.