Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'0". She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat, and her gloved hand is found clutching a crossbow. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Optimist, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 20 gp. Obsidian (15 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His black hair is singed and shortened. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Thrak hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 150 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp).

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nella will drive conversation. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. 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: An old rival family wants her found; and she is content

Ideals: Extrovert, Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with black slacks. He has done his best to style his scarlet crest to look like a famous performer. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is an amazing painter.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is an epitome of beauty. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She wears her black hair down. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. In her youth she was a Bricklayer, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger brother on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a brown shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and grey pants. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Heward was born the youngest of three triplets. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He tends to his Engraver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Job, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She stands about 5'11" and tends to wear a large pastel jacket. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has dyed her greying white fur a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born into a rich family. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 2600 sp. Eye agate (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp).