Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is a Bather first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bather work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bather work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eye agate (6 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Peridot (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His ears are large.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a red coat with white slacks. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. 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's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears a grey collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, she is not a threatening figure. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Katherine's homeland. Katherine decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has moderate length white fur. His copper eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Sun wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He worked as a nervous Navigator and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: To be a Mason again; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Military, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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 has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 29000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, black shirt, and grey tie. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Tordrid lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 30000 cp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Black opal (1400 gp).