Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Soapmaker but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist, Pacifist. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'3". He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: The child of a Sage, who enjoyed hunting, Oppleby was taken on many hunting expeditions. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Naeris is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born into a rich family. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Mayor job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 300 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Jet (160 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His chestnut hair is lengthy. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Vlorn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Vlorn 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 dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He is greedy; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 900 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. His gray fur is lengthy. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He comes from a rich western family. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and a strong sense of loyalty to tabaxi people

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1800 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp).