Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his cinnamon fur up. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Spear grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 210 pp. Black pearl (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has gray eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Eberk grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Eberk. 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: Many illithids want him driven away; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her quarterstaff with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Masseuse arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Masseuse for the past few years.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. 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 was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.