Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her ears are large.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Katherine was born the youngest of three triplets. Her first spouse was a Layabout, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and doesn't want to be a laborer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He became a Animal Trainer soon after.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Lamlis is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Lamlis hails from a village terrorized by brigands. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 80 gp. Amethyst (90 gp).

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She carries with her a set of monstrous two handed axes on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are green.

Personality: Eran speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Through the years after Eran was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Eran's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Eran and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Dilettante profession.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He worked as a nervous Sellsword and found it very stressful. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 8000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Silk rope. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Average lock.

Description: This man dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a red coat with green slacks, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Paymon never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Job, In love, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp. Rose (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a violet coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 320 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She sports brown long hair. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a pastel coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'6" when asserting herself. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a dull look in her yellow eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tabaxi in existence. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Sun was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Sun abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.