Description: This man is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his right hand. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Banker. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born in the south. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: Sabotage a competitor; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears baggy green pantaloons and a white scarf. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Xappan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Emotional, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She stands about 3'6" and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull green iron scale mail. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. She has brown eyes and a tan hat with a green feather.

Personality: Loopmottin hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. The war was a terrible time for her, and Loopmottin does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Loopmottin hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp).

Description: This malnourished man dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born in the north. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1200 sp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp).

Description: This woman usually wears her black robe and has her greatsword always slung over her shoulder. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nala grew up listening to her mother's many stories. At some point she was captured by goblins and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 240 pp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Greedy, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this southern man wears baggy brown pantaloons and a blue scarf. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 160 gp.