Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a glaive on his belt. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mortician. He struck the Mortician job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has wavy red hair. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Shipwright hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and many illithids want her driven away

Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has wavy red hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Ploughman arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants, and he perpetually has his shield ready. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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: Gifted from a young age, Bhevek studied abroad. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 90 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp).

Description: This man wears tattered old clothes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His golden hair is lengthy. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Thamior was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. After coming to the age of reason, Thamior took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 160 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).