Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He wears his red hair up. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is a Body Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her spear with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She carries with her a set of spears on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. She has wavy auburn hair. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Katherine hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His silver crest is braided into rings. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. The war was a terrible time for him, and Salasar does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Chalcedony (50 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: An older woman who wears a grey tunic with white highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes, she is not a threatening figure. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Kilia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'6". She prefers to wear flannel, and her gloved hand is found clutching a longbow. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 cp. Pink pearl (110 gp).