Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is short and white. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Carpenter. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'3" and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is brown and curly. His white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Eye agate (5 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Scribe. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. 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 found a children's book about a Half-Elf Paladin 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Disease, Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: White pearl (60 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has styled her gold crest well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. 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 owns her own business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Stylist responsibilities is difficult; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Healer’s kit.