Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears tattered old clothes. His hair is silver and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She found a children's book about a Gnome Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. He has no hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He found a children's book about a Gnome Druid 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 never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Ruler who has hired him part-time. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a Shoemaker, his father struggled to pay the bills. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and doesn't want to be a ruler and was forced into it by his family

Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Family, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 30 gp.