Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with red slacks. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ratlûg is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. After a long history of fighting, Ratlûg and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'4". She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair, while still mostly purple, has prominent grey streaks. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. 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: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She likes to wear green tank tops with black skirt. Her bronze crest is long and unkept. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

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

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: She wears a simple black robe with brown stripes complete with hood. She has wavy copper crest. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Herbalist. She tends to her Herbalist job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and to be a roofer again

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His crest, while still mostly scarlet, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 160 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). 1 Chain shirt.