Description: This malnourished man wears a black tunic with tan highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His silver hair is still thick. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 90 gp. Pink pearl (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a fancy grey dress. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants, and he perpetually has his glaive ready. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: 5'6" and muscular, this western man wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. His cinnamon fur is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are copper and catlike.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp).