Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, green shirt, and white tie. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

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 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: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Thiala 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 used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 5'10". He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and his gloved hand is found clutching a club. His fur is beige, silky, and of moderate length. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a Cook, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Shadow alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a tan shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Menny was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Jeweler. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Jeweler for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. When Valanthe reached her early adolescence her Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Military, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Miller. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Miller who has hired him part-time. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

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. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Religious, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her fur is gray and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 120 gp. Citrine (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'4". He wears a blue shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and his gloved hand is found clutching a scythe. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 270 gp.