Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has wavy blonde hair. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Helja fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Ugly. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 40 gp. White pearl (120 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears long strands of amber and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is renowned for her bright violet dresses and hats. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. Xanaphia enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When Xanaphia reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf mother 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. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears her chestnut hair down. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Markosian was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has wavy silver hair. His white eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. 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: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Mamnen alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Architect.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 90 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with black slacks. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the left. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 Gnome in existence. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and doesn't want to be a barkeep and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her rusty crest, when down, is lengthy. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Arava was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. While she appears to be a normal Dragonborn, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a brown coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His white fur is braided into rings. His yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Flask isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tabaxi unity. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

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. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is greedy; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 30 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He has a hunchback. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. The war was a terrible time for him, and Nicholas does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 cp.