Description: This southern woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her pickaxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Antinua was born on a far southern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Blacksmith. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: She wears dull tan sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed morningstar, just in case. She is portly but not overly obese. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sickles and warhammers. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Cloud 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 Cloud. After months of barely getting by, Cloud managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: 5'9" and muscular, this western man wears a brown collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He wears his lavender fur down. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). 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 desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Brewer for hire.

Motivation: To be a Crown-heir again; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull black iron scale mail. She carries with her a set of falchions, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her tied-back hair is white. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Melissa alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He bought a monstrous two handed axe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This woman prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. Her red fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She hates Tabaxis with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Assassin business.

History: Tree lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Assassin and was forced into it by her family; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 230 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Barber; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp).