Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His crest is scarlet and very short. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born in the north. He worked as a nervous Bather and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Bather like his mother before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 40 gp. Golden pearl (40 gp). 2 Antitoxin.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs, marred by beers. His white hair is still thick. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Gimgen is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Gimgen was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Occupation: Miller

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 110 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp).

Description: This northern woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears baggy tan pantaloons and a blue scarf. Her hair is silver and very short. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Junk Dealer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Junk Dealer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This man wears a simple green robe with yellow stripes complete with hood. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His ears are large.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Tethren was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and balancing his hectic life and new dilettante responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and carries rapiers. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Born in the west to a Marshal, Anne learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Marshal for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 50 gp. Jasper (50 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is dressed in an above average manner. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her skin is flawless and her copper eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Edge was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his kukri with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears a colorful flower in his beige fur. He has green eyes and a pastel hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is mildly Tabaxi supremacist, though he does not identify as such. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Shivering hails from a village terrorized by goblins. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Being a Barrister kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He takes great joy in being the best Masseuse in town.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. 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 Masseuse. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a seamstress again

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2200 sp.