Description: This man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. His cinnamon fur is thinning but still full. He has yellow eyes.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: This man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Radomir liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to protect his home

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has amber eyes and a pastel hat with a green feather.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the east were limited. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'2" when asserting herself. Sporting a auburn mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Beggar work with an outfit from a few towns over. Beggar work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Beggar job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She wears baggy blue pantaloons and a black scarf. She has a hunchback. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Panana grew up listening to her father's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 20 gp. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a violet costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. Her brass crest is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Fortune-teller who has hired her part-time. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Gesrethe hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 110 gp.