Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has shaved his head bald. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting illithids, the young Pûgrish began to lead the lost caravan. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Farmer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: An older man who wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat, he is not a threatening figure. He sports a flattop hair cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Miller who has hired him part-time. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His first spouse was a Ruler, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. Her hair is cut close to her head. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a blue and yellow robe with the hood down. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Elama embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

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. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. After a long history of fighting, Elama and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 160 gp.