Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gomory fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears her brown hair up. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Barber who has hired her part-time. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a Bowyer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item.