Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'2". He prefers to wear flannel, and his gloved hand is found clutching a rapier. His copper crest is smooth and relatively long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 pp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his ceremonial dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: Erdan speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 230 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Left-Handed is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 150 pp. Red garnet (150 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His hair is red and curly. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Bather business.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Roland isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Roland fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. Red garnet (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Azurite (10 gp). 1 Antitoxin. 1 Everburning torch. 2 Acid flasks. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Suhnae lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Nelkin's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp.