Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is physically well-built. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He takes great joy in being the best Animal Trainer in town.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Through the years after Ûshbaka was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Ûshbaka's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: This man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 sp. Emerald (500 gp).

Description: This northern woman wears a green vest and prefers brown and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her silver crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Weaver hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: He wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants. His beige fur is singed and shortened. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His scarlet crest is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 140 gp.