Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His black hair is lengthy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Gimgen is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Servant they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Farmer, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Slave, Family, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black fur. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her mace with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a hunchback. Her black fur is heavily combed to the right. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 40 pp. Silver pearl (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'10". He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He got into the Guard business at a young age. His first spouse was a Bather, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 7000 sp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: Hadarai was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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 Farmer. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Tourmaline (100 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Buckler.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Ea and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. She has a hunchback. Her white hair is cut short. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Hugolina was born on a far southern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Masseuse. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This eastern man wears brown trousers with grey and pastel striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white hair is cut short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: 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; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is white and curly. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

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 able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Violet garnet (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Jasper (50 gp).