Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Artin lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She got into the Bowyer business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bowyer. 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: She's in love; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. Azurite (11 gp).

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses like a well dressed Doctor does. His hair is white and curly. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has achieved small success as a Doctor.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 6'4". He wears a white shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and green pants, and his gloved hand is found clutching a bow. He has white hair. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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 used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Pacifist, Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 5'10". He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and his gloved hand is found clutching a club. His fur is beige, silky, and of moderate length. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a Cook, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. His hair is golden and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Guy lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He married young, but lost his spouse to gnolls. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has yellow fur. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. 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 left for the east, certain he would find work there.

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

Flaws: Cynical, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 140 gp.