Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

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 has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Oriel was born on a far eastern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Scribe. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Oriel was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his longsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His ears are large.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tabaxi culture. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a strong sense of loyalty to tabaxi people

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Wrenn is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. 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 Fortune-teller. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 150 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born in the south to a Actor, Dara learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has worked as a Actor like her mother before her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her brown fur is still thick. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nimble grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Nimble. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her red robe. Her bronze crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Zykroff fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is short and white. He has red eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Thamuz abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears tattered old clothes. Her head has been shaved. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. 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: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. She sports black long hair. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Jeweler who has hired her part-time. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Katherine was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Has a crush, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 20 pp. 4 Thunderstones.