Description: He very much looks the part of a Painter. He has no hair. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Mantus hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Painter. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mantus fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She carries with her a set of whips on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Tourmaline (90 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Sculptor they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Beggar, and she later adopted a second son.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has no hair. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He worked as a nervous Farmer and found it very stressful. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 110 gp.