Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 190 gp. Amber (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. He has a hunchback. His golden hair is lengthy. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Farmer. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 2500 sp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Obsidian (6 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Ernest hails from a village terrorized by drow. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants revenge against drow.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 330 gp. Malachite (11 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1 Buckler.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a tattered pair of loose pastel pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He sports a flattop fur cut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Tabaxi supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Marshal profession.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dragonborn people; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a fancy red dress. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To be a Soapmaker again; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. With bright white hair. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She bought a scimitar and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and is pretty ugly. With bright black hair. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Ahlyssa is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She takes great joy in being the best Cook in town.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. A freak accident while working with her Courier mother left her crippled. She's also a talented Courier, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has shaved her head bald. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Flaws: Impulsive, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1400 sp. Silver pearl (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.