Description: This late middle aged man wears baggy blue pantaloons and a grey scarf and is in decent physical shape. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 south. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has styled her dark red hair well, parting it to the left. She has silver eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This northern woman wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying north to reunite her family. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against drow

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Merchant. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He has no crest. His ears are large.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Donaar 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. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Donaar's homeland. Donaar decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp).