Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His black hair is still thick. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Guard arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Anne hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Eye agate (11 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shortspear with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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 was born into a rich family. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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: Doesn't want to be a Navigator and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He carries with him a set of sais on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His fur is white and curly. His eyes are a pleasant yellow.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2000 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.