Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He sports a flattop hair cut. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Taklinn isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Apothecary arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His silver hair is long and unkept. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Beiro hails from a village terrorized by illithids. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Beiro was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she usually wears her tan robe and has her falchion always slung over her shoulder. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Ahinar lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: He stands about 3'11" and wears a grey feathered hat and grey clothes. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. He takes great joy in being the best Crown-heir in town.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Crown-heir. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.