Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She keeps her long blue hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. At some point he was captured by illithids and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and he is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Blue quartz (13 gp).

Description: He is renowned for his bright red suits and hats. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Kelter will drive conversation. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Fortune-teller they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Merchant, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a long, grey cloak. He has silver hair. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. Gomory enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Gomory took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up monstrous two handed axe and armor he uses now. 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: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears professional attire. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He likes to wear yellow tank tops with black pants. His silver hair is knotted and matted. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Naal was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a green cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His white hair is knotted and matted. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Melech was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Peridot (70 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He keeps his long red fur kept up in a rat tail. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born into a rich family. He found a children's book about a Tabaxi Monk who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Cask was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1900 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.