Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his left hand. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Left-Handed hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Animal Trainer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Paggen grew up listening to his father's many stories. 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. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Guy was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Ploughman they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Mayor, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He likes to wear yellow tank tops with blue pants. His brown hair is braided into rings. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Aldous was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 sp.

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. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 160 gp. Tourmaline (150 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her gray fur is still thick. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Fragrant embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tabaxis.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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 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. Râsh 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 Râsh. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: 5'6" and muscular, this southern woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her yellow fur is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her childhood dream was to be a Animal Trainer, but she was a colossal failure. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 50 gp. Golden pearl (130 gp). 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He is an epitome of beauty. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Travok grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 170 gp.