Description: This dark-skinned male wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gilbert 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 Gilbert. After a long history of fighting, Gilbert and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

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 works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a Engraver, her father struggled to pay the bills. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Her hair is short and blue. She has a dull look in her black eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Interpreter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a pastel vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her pastel boots flare out at the collars. She has wavy black fur. Her yellow eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Kite was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the north were limited. Being a Sculptor kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Heian speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is physically well-built. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Charles was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Charles never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barrister. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is short and silver. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She got into the Barrister business at a young age. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She became a Barrister soon after.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she's in love

Flaws: Mundane, Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is light but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is long and brown with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His ears are large.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A powerful brothel owner 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 recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (5 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Torinn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.