Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His golden hair is braided into rings. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Miller profession.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Job, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her warhammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her silver hair is long and unkept. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1100 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: This woman dresses like a well dressed Bowyer does. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has achieved small success as a Bowyer.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Breastplate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This malnourished woman has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small grey clips. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Elysande lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.