Description: She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: The child of a Cook, who enjoyed hunting, Nella was taken on many hunting expeditions. Nella liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is red and very short. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gifted student he started as a Barrister, but he got bored and became a Miner. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This man wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. His tied-back hair is black. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born in a small island village. A gifted student he started as a Actor, but he got bored and became a Blacksmith. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and balancing his hectic life and new blacksmith responsibilities is difficult

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He likes to wear tan tank tops with grey pants. His hair is golden and very short. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Scribe work with an outfit from a few towns over. Scribe work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Scribe for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a blue scarf. He sports a flattop hair cut. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His first spouse was a Painter, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears his black hair down. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Gifted from a young age, Fonkin studied abroad. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp).

Description: She wears a brown collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has amber eyes.

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 often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Persistence, Joker. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 10 pp. Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the right. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears just a pastel suit. She wears a colorful flower in her lavender fur. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Lazy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 300 gp.