Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is long and red with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

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 frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Banker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Rolf was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Mentor, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1100 gp. Amber (110 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a blue vest and prefers black and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He wears his brown hair down. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Gimble was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears long strands of opal and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp).

Description: He wears a red costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. He is portly but not overly obese. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Corkitron alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and many goblins want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 500 sp. Chalcedony (30 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She likes to wear tan tank tops with black skirt. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Sailor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sailor work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She struck the Sailor job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Bookbinder again; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Nature, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 40 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and balancing her hectic life and new gardener responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. With wild golden hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 2400 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears professional attire. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Apothecary. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 sp.