Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears his silver hair up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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 been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He's in love; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Breastplate.

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. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker red hat.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and half-elven compassion

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Selfish. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Hunter profession.

History: Born in the west to a Dyer, Vanuath learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He became a Dyer soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business; and many drow want him driven away

Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 23000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has shaved his head bald. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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: Tharivol lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Tharivol alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a barkeep and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp. Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Iolite (20 gp).

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She is physically well-built. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He stands about 4'2" and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his black hair up. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. 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: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears just a tan suit. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her ears are large.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Ranala was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Paladin, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Paladin in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She found a children's book about a Gnome Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a simple brown robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. His red fur is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Through the years after Beast was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Beast's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2300 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).