Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Baern fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 130 gp. Silver pearl (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman usually wears her brown robe and has her lance always slung over her shoulder and is in decent physical shape. Her gray fur is long and unkept. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in the north to a Stylist, Dagger learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Stylist. She became a Stylist soon after.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His head has been shaved. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He is a Yochlol in disguise. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 pp. Pink pearl (120 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His white hair is still thick. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents enrolled him in a Cleric school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears a brown collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Ermina was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 16000 sp.