Description: This malnourished woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Mella 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 bought a morningstar and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is an amazing painter.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. 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 has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has moderate length silver hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Don was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This woman tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her fur is black, silky, and of moderate length. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Dagger lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Through the years after Dagger was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Dagger's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: This western woman dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 20 gp. Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His crest is cut close to his head. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Mozikth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Mozikth was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: He is greedy; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His crest is white and very short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a Performer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Gargax and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears his white hair down. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his broad black hat.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He found a children's book about a Tiefling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears professional attire. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born to a Guard, her mother struggled to pay the bills. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 4000 cp.