Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple blue robe with violet stripes complete with hood, and is pretty ugly. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Paggen lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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: Leucis was born the youngest of three triplets. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 110 gp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears a simple brown robe with blue stripes complete with hood. She has styled her black fur well, parting it to the right. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. While she appears to be a normal Tabaxi, 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Priest

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

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

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. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the left. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. A true patriot, Joan would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and dragonborn compassion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 80 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is short and silver. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. The war was a terrible time for him, and Heian does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Heian was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and revenge

Flaws: Addict, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 390 gp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a sai on his belt. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has dyed his greying scarlet crest a little too much giving a sharp scarlet color. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born in the south. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bharash fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Bather

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and she perpetually has her whip ready. She keeps her beige fur in a pixie cut. Her eyes are a pleasant copper.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. 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: Leaf was born with her father's beautiful face. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bricklayer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Leaf fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Attractive. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 10 pp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

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. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Insane, Greedy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 80 gp.