Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: Ortegar hails from a village terrorized by goblins. A gifted student he started as a Spice Merchant, but he got bored and became a Ploughman. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears an entirely tan suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Marshal. She struck the Marshal job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Marshal responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older woman who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, she is not a threatening figure. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 cp. Jasper (30 gp).

Description: An older man who wears bulky blue painted plate armor, he is not a threatening figure. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting orcs, the young Quarion began to lead the lost caravan. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Detective they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Fisher, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He is greedy; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a black tunic with tan highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her crest is short and gold. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Nature, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears just a brown suit. Her gray fur is singed and shortened. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Barkeep but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. While she appears to be a normal Tabaxi, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Disciplined, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 90 gp. Eye agate (8 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a white shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and red pants. She keeps her golden hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. Black pearl (400 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: This malnourished woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. She has brown hair. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

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. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Sariel was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Forgetful, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 cp. Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'7" when asserting himself. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are green.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.