Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Tawna was born on a far southern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Courier. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a jeweler again

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Weaver arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 60 gp. Golden pearl (50 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He is wearing a long, brown cloak, marred by sweets. He has wavy red hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Alex enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in the east. Alex 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. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He tends to wear a large green jacket. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His crest, while still mostly scarlet, has prominent grey streaks. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Ghesh's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is wearing a long, white cloak. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has hazel eyes and a white hat with a brown feather.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Volen was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Military, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She likes to wear grey tank tops with black skirt. She is an epitome of beauty. Her red hair is still thick. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Born to a Blacksmith, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Healer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of brigands

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a hunchback. Her head has been shaved. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 140 gp. Deep green spinel (90 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1100 sp.

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 wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Baelitae was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 90 gp. Citrine (20 gp). 1 Good lock.