Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He wears his red fur down. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His childhood dream was to be a Shipwright, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Body Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new body guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 70 pp. Silver pearl (80 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is mildly Dragonborn supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She carries with her a set of falchions, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her auburn hair is still thick. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a simple green robe with brown stripes complete with hood and is in decent physical shape. He has moderate length black hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His first spouse was a Assassin, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Assassin they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Spice Merchant, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 8000 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes. and is in decent physical shape. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: The child of a Armorer, who enjoyed hunting, Lamlis was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is cut close to his head. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. During his travels, Rûkdûg and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Rûkdûg discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Rûkdûg fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 gp. Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 4'9". She is wearing a long, violet cloak, and her gloved hand is found clutching a nunchaku. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Arara studied abroad. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Arara took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up nunchaku and armor she uses now. After a long history of fighting, Arara and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 4'1" and muscular, this eastern woman is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Stableman. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Stableman.

Motivation: To be a Fortune-teller again; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 180 pp. Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.