Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears yellow trousers with white and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His hair is black and curly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He keeps his long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He tends to his Bowyer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new bowyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it, and is pretty ugly. She has brown hair. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a fancy tan suit. His brown hair is still thick. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Dyer for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Markosian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 700 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp).

Description: He wears a blue vest and prefers black and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is portly but not overly obese. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born in the west. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 70000 cp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'1" when asserting himself. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Carrie enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 250 pp. Blue quartz (13 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.