Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sword, but if one is not available she will default to her mace, and is pretty ugly. She has wavy red hair. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the east to a Bricklayer, Keyleth learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Through the years after Keyleth was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Keyleth's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length bronze crest. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her purple hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has silver eyes.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 140 gp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp).

Description: She wears dull violet sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed rapier, just in case. She has chestnut hair. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She was taken from her home at a very young age. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His eyes are silver and beady.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Cressel is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His childhood dream was to be a Masseuse, but he was a colossal failure. He has achieved small success as a Navigator.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born into a rich family. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 270 gp. Malachite (4 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears professional attire. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When Simon reached his early adolescence his Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'3". He wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants, and his gloved hand is found clutching a crossbow. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. After coming to the age of reason, Clerebold took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

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 he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 sp. Jet (140 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Zook is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Zook was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 gp.