Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. She wears her white hair down. Her eyes are black and catlike.

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 has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Markosian was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Butcher. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her silver hair is long and unkept. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Golden pearl (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 4'10". She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and her gloved hand is found clutching a sai. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. Eye agate (15 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a white and grey robe with the hood down. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is renowned for her bright pastel dresses and hats. Her orange fur is still thick. She has a dull look in her copper eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. After coming to the age of reason, Serpent took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Golden pearl (120 gp).

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. His hair is white and very short. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and doesn't want to be a ruler and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. With bright auburn hair. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new detective responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her beige fur is matted, messy, and big. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: The child of a Doctor, who enjoyed hunting, Tricking was taken on many hunting expeditions. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Tricking took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up halberd and armor she uses now. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 320 gp. Coral (130 gp).