Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and carries whips. He wears his red hair down. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Watson will drive conversation. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Banded mail.

Description: An older man who wears skinny pants and wears a green and grey robe with the hood down, he is not a threatening figure. He sports a flattop crest cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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, Nykkan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: The child of a Actor, who enjoyed hunting, Nykkan was taken on many hunting expeditions. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1300 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Sard (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'5". He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and his gloved hand is found clutching a pickaxe. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. 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 born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she tends to wear a large green jacket. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Ronwe enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the west to a Engraver, Ronwe learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Engraver for hire.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Engraver and was forced into it by her family; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 5000 cp. Amethyst (90 gp). Amber (90 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp).