Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a black cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are likewise white.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. 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 Layabout. He has worked as a Layabout like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and carries sickles. Her golden hair is lengthy. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 33000 sp.

Description: He wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. He is portly but not overly obese. He has brown hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'1" when asserting herself. Her tied-back hair is silver. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2000 pp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She takes great joy in being the best Painter in town.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp.