Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His hair is long and red with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bowyer who has hired him part-time. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 800 gp. Amethyst (110 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a violet deerstalker hat and violet clothes. He has wavy brown hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spanish accent

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

Description: A middle-aged man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and is pretty ugly. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greatsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His gray fur is lengthy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: River was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He found a children's book about a Tabaxi Aristocrat 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 has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moss agate (10 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Clear bright green emerald (6000 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.