Description: This light-skinned male prefers to wear flannel. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His golden hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Debt. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She has blue crest. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Pogranix hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2000 gp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He wears bulky red painted plate armor. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Gormogord was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Justice, Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 600 gp. 2 Antitoxin.