Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. A true patriot, Anselm would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born in a small desert village. 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 10 pp. Jet (120 gp).

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a great chef.

History: She got into the Barkeep business at a young age. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She's also a talented Navigator, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 sp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His black crest is braided into rings. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His brown hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 3000 cp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man tends to wear a large green jacket. He has no crest. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a simple brown robe with green stripes complete with hood. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His copper unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Art isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tabaxi unity. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He prefers to wear flannel. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Gardain wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is obsessed with his god.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Gardain was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 130 gp. Peridot (30 gp).

Description: This man wears tattered old clothes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Alex was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her small white hat.

Personality: Maegan hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Maegan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Bonds: Military, Job, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 190 gp.