Description: This malnourished woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Pennie is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in the west to a Shoemaker, Pennie learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Shoemaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She struck the Shoemaker job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and revenge

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has wavy silver hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady black eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Cressel alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born in the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is greedy

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her brown fur is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Tabaxi, 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Amber (140 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 150 gp. Azurite (5 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears an entirely black suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is blonde and very short. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dorn grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 3000 cp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 160 gp. Deep green spinel (160 gp).