Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length white hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She got into the Apothecary business at a young age. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She struck the Apothecary job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Apothecary responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Passionate, Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 5'0". She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a dagger. Her black fur is greasy and uncared for. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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. Great fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2600 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a yellow scarf. His fur is white and very short. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 60 gp. White pearl (130 gp).

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born into a rich family. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His silver hair is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Theodoric and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Standing 5'5", this man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed tan hat.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. 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: Laucian was born the youngest of three triplets. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is white and curly. He has silver eyes and a green hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 20 pp.