Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears her black hair down. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: This malnourished man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His beige fur is heavily combed to the left. His copper eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Trail alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears his copper crest down. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the east were limited. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Shy, Secretive, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears long strands of aquamarine and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. The war was a terrible time for him, and John does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it, she is not a threatening figure. Her lavender fur is matted, messy, and big. Her copper unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 60 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her brown hair is cut short. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Meena abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'6" and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Ridaro hails from a village terrorized by illithids. After coming to the age of reason, Ridaro took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

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. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Quelenna liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She tends to her Slave Trader job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a banker again

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp. Zircon (30 gp).