Description: Standing 6'1", this man dresses like a well dressed Detective does. His crest is gold and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Nykkan hails from a village terrorized by giants. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has worked as a Detective like his father before him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her copper crest is knotted and matted. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the west to a Dyer, Vezera learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has worked as a Dyer like her mother before her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He sports a flattop hair cut. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Horhog hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He is an amazing painter.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Oppah speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. A true patriot, Oppah would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. At some point she was captured by illithids and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a kukri on his belt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2200 gp. Emerald (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He carries with him a set of bows on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Harbek has worked very hard to control his curse. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 gp.