Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: The child of a Spice Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Anselm was taken on many hunting expeditions. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 130 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are black and beady.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. 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: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Nim is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 sp. Golden pearl (130 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. She wears her black hair down. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Eida has worked very hard to control her curse. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Tabaxi compassion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She wears professional attire. She carries with her a set of kukris on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: 4'11" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. Her red fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. When Shivering reached her early adolescence her Tabaxi 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a hunchback. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Matilda fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears an entirely brown suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her tied-back hair is blonde. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 gp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Smokesticks.