Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red fur. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has a hunchback. Her red fur is greasy and uncared for. Her ears are large.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tabaxi in existence. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He keeps his long red fur kept up in a rat tail. He has a dull look in his yellow eyes.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Smoking and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 110 pp. Amber (70 gp). Amber (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. He carries with him a set of scythes on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 Bookbinder. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bookbinder for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He wears bulky green painted plate armor, and carries shortspears. His white crest is heavily combed to the right. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 140 pp. Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. 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 blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. 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: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'9" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. Her black fur is thinning but still full. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Ethereal was born with her father's beautiful face. Ethereal 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's in love; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 80 gp. Sardonyx (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He sports a flattop hair cut. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 330 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).