Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a yellow costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. Her gray fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of a Crown-heir, who enjoyed hunting, Trail was taken on many hunting expeditions. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Cook hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Citrine (40 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears tattered old clothes. Her silver hair is still thick. She has brown eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is typically in his Roofer uniform. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has blue eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He uses divination through singing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He struck the Roofer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a sailor again

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (60 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a fancy yellow suit. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Shane liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature, In love. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1600 sp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.