Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a brown tunic with grey highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep copper.

Personality: Cask is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She got into the Performer business at a young age. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and expand her business

Flaws: Depressed, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 9000 cp. Red garnet (80 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has brown eyes and a black hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Hoshgrish's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. A true patriot, Hoshgrish would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Hoshgrish hails from a village terrorized by illithids. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered illithids who tried to eat his hand. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Hoshgrish was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Dyer; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Priest

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. Tourmaline (100 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has done his best to style his green crest to look like a famous performer. His red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Pandjed never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has amber eyes and a yellow hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Jarsali was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Ur-Edin was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Baker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 70 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp).

Description: This man is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Nicholas was born with his mother's beautiful face. His childhood dream was to be a Animal Trainer, but he was a colossal failure. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Nicholas never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Job, Attractive, In love, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears tattered old clothes. He has done his best to style his copper crest to look like a famous performer. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 17000 cp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is short and white. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Mardred has worked very hard to control her curse. 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 is greedy.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).