Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He wears his silver crest up. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. After coming to the age of reason, Mugrunden took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze, marred by sweets. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Williamina is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A freak accident while working with her Courier mother left her crippled. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 800 sp. Moss agate (9 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. He is physically well-built. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are green.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bookbinder. He became a Bookbinder soon after.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'1" eastern man, he wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His white hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Miner. After a long history of fighting, Quarion and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and halfling compassion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. His head has been shaved. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his broad brown hat.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Spice Merchant. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Amber (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.