Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 90 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. His purple hair is smooth and relatively long. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Purson alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is wearing a long, grey cloak. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A gifted student she started as a Banker, but she got bored and became a Laborer. She's also a talented Banker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and balancing her hectic life and new laborer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 sp. Silver pearl (100 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is typically in her Laborer uniform. She has wavy golden hair. She has hazel eyes and a white hat with a green feather.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Laborer. Recently the stress of being a Laborer has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 60 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp).