Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and he perpetually has his greatsword ready. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Paelias fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and yellow handkerchief worn on his right side. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length gold crest. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a great chef.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 30000 cp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Miner and was forced into it by his family; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: 6'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her crest is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 29000 sp. Red garnet (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears an entirely black suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Osah was born with her father's beautiful face. When Osah reached her early adolescence her Tiefling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 18000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.