Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he very much looks the part of a Ruler. His white fur is thinning but still full. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. 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 Ruler. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished man wears baggy black pantaloons and a green scarf. He has rusty crest. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Kerkad was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

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; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a hunchback. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Hunter they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Sailor, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a fancy brown suit. He is physically well-built. His beige fur is heavily combed to the left. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. A friendly and beautiful Tabaxi, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student he started as a Servant, but he got bored and became a Unemployed. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to protect his home

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: A 4'8" eastern woman, she wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. Her fur is lavender and very short. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Nimble is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this eastern man wears a pastel broad hat and pastel clothes. He wears his lavender fur up. He has copper eyes and a pastel hat with a green feather.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a longbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1300 sp. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shipwright. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His crest, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He got into the Shipwright business at a young age. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has achieved small success as a Shipwright.

Motivation: To be a Priest again.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 110 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp).

Description: Standing 5'11", this man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His long cinnamon fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He became a Apothecary soon after.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is greedy

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 5'8". He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it, and his gloved hand is found clutching a rapier. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Cressel lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A freak accident while working with his Sellsword father left him crippled. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Eye agate (10 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).