Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in the east to a Mercenary, Norûk learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Mercenary and found it very stressful. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he has a crush on the local map maker

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Guardian, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 600 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear pastel clothing when he does not wear armor, and is pretty ugly. He has wavy lavender fur. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When Beast reached his early adolescence his Tabaxi mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Family, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears a brown vest and prefers tan and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has a hunchback. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. She wears her brown hair down. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. 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 was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. Her eyes are likewise black.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Deep green spinel (110 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her chestnut hair is well kept. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. To her fellows she 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: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her childhood dream was to be a Cook, but she was a colossal failure. She became a Slave Trader soon after.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a violet shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

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. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. After a long history of fighting, Theirastra and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Fearful. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 20 pp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She is an epitome of beauty. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Addict, Greedy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Obsidian (10 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze and is in decent physical shape. She has no hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.