Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair is silver and very short. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Xanaphia is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was taken from her home at a very young age. Being a Engraver kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is cut close to his head. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Sindri hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Sindri 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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Sindri was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against goblins

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 700 sp. Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and carries clubs. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Pelaios lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. 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, Meriele is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has taken up work as a Barkeep and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Buckler.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a Layabout, her father struggled to pay the bills. When Maynild reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf father 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. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. He has white hair. His eyes are likewise black.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Balam's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a longsword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This northern woman wears a black top hat and black clothes. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her ears are large.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Verin was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He carries a battered shield and tarnished mace as well. His fur is gray and very short. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tabaxi culture. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tabaxi conditions. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: 4'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She dresses like a well dressed Gardener does. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. A gifted student she started as a Sage, but she got bored and became a Gardener. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a sage again

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 190 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp).