Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull grey iron scale mail. She carries with her a set of halberds on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are green and catlike.

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 is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Family, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 360 gp. 2 Holy water.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears an entirely pastel suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her brown fur is long and unkept. She is baby faced.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tabaxi in existence. Drifting is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a fancy brown suit. His hair is golden and curly. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His first spouse was a Soapmaker, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of drow

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his red hair up. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Family, Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She stands about 5'10" and is typically in her Stableman uniform. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has wavy auburn hair. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Hadwisa will drive conversation. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born in the west to a Stableman, Hadwisa learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Stableman for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This southern woman wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is green, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. Her clothes are grease stained in places. With bright blonde hair. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is typically in her Priest uniform. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Sage again.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A 3'0" southern man, he wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a crossbow on his belt. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a Shipwright first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. After coming to the age of reason, Helen took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 40 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp).