Description: This woman sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her right hand. She wears her rusty crest up. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 sp. Peridot (70 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Iolite (20 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Bertram is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. 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: Many drow want him driven away; and balancing his hectic life and new sage responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has moderate length gray fur. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Fragrant embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. 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. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a black coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He wears his bronze crest up. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Valorean 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 Valorean. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She carries a battered longbow and tarnished whip as well. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is an amazing painter.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Vistra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vistra fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy gold crest. He wears a black wide-brimmed hat and black clothes. He has a hunchback. His crest is gold and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. A true patriot, Nithther would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Secretive, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His childhood dream was to be a Knight, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Knight, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His auburn hair is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.