Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Mercenary business.

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. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Vani alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 140 pp. Violet garnet (600 gp).

Description: This southern woman is typically in her Bather uniform. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her white hair is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She tends to her Bather job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bather responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He carries with him a set of falchions on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Nutae was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Spice Merchant, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Spice Merchant they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Bather, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: She usually wears her brown robe and has her bow always slung over her shoulder. She wears a colorful flower in her yellow fur. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in the west to a Farmer, Trail learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Trail was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Farmer. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: She sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Mella was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A freak accident while working with her Fletcher father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a grey coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Oskar liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. She wears her red hair down. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Detective arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She stands about 6'7" and wears a black collared shirt and violet skirt. She accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She hates Dragonborns with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Tabaxi compassion; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears his blonde hair up. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He tends to his Brewer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1500 sp. Obsidian (6 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.