Description: Standing 5'7", this man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His purple hair is thinning but still full. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Beggar.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Red spinel (40 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Malachite (5 gp).

Description: 5'8" and muscular, this northern man is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. His fur is short and brown. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Art abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Tabaxi people; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Jasper (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Heward and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This malnourished man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are white.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Mantus was born the youngest of three triplets. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. 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's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts, and he perpetually has his flail ready. He sports a flattop hair cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born in a small forest village. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Gruk took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up flail and armor he uses now. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 gp.