Description: This man usually wears his pastel robe and has his scimitar always slung over his shoulder. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. His orange fur, when down, is lengthy. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. 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, Tree is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Tree was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Tree's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Buckler. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears brown trousers with blue and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2600 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is always cut to a buzz. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has wavy red hair. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Mardred is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She got into the Sellsword business at a young age. Mardred was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Sellsword. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to be a fletcher again

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 10 pp. Hematite (15 gp).