Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. He wears his white hair up. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Through the years after Travok was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Travok's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a black coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His gold crest is unkempt and raggedy. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a Shepherd first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Shepherd business.

History: Born in the east to a Shepherd, Sethrekar learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with blue slacks. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Pallabar is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Pallabar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He 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 someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Server

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1100 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears a yellow shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and black pants, she is not a threatening figure. She has wavy golden hair. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Theirastra has worked very hard to control her curse. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: 3'3" and muscular, this eastern man typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

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 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: Wants to work out more often; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 28000 sp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy purple stubble. She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has a hunchback. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She's also a talented Servant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 800 gp. White pearl (140 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: This woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 40 pp. Rock crystal (40 gp).