Description: A 4'10" eastern man, he very much looks the part of a Painter. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He worked as a nervous Painter and found it very stressful. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is black and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born in the south. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying south to reunite his family. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 30000 cp. Coral (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His tied-back hair is chestnut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Veit was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Her lavender fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 8000 sp. Star ruby (500 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her cinnamon fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She has copper eyes and a pastel hat with a black feather.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Actor. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Fisher profession.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and red handkerchief worn on his right side. He carries a battered rapier and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Roondar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Obsidian (16 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Black opal (600 gp). White pearl (80 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and blue pants. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are black and beady.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Valafar grew up listening to his father's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a spear on her belt. She has a hunchback. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the north. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 900 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. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

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 underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Curran and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.