Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His cinnamon fur is matted, messy, and big. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. After a long history of fighting, Kite and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Good lock.

Description: She usually wears her brown robe and has her shortspear always slung over her shoulder. She is portly but not overly obese. She has wavy brown hair. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length white hair. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Oriel and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Greedy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (80 gp).

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her gray fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the east were limited. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

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. The war was a terrible time for him, and Pushkrimp does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Delg was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She wears a simple black robe with pastel stripes complete with hood, and carries whips. She has red hair. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She is a Ruler first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His red crest has been sun bleached extensively. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her black hair is singed and shortened. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 sp.