Description: This malnourished man wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. He has brown hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Blacksmith but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Lamlis lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This woman wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. Her white fur is knotted and matted. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. 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: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 gp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. His crest is red and very short. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Bharash is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: A 5'11" eastern man, he wears a brown vest and prefers blue and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bather arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Anselm was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Anselm decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to be a slave trader again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1900 gp. Banded agate (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Coral (90 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Torbera was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His tied-back hair is brown. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a Banker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 250 pp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'0" and wears a black costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. With bright blonde hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Murgen was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'9" and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His cinnamon fur is heavily combed to the left. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson brown hat.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born in the south. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. His white crest is knotted and matted. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Kerkad reached his early adolescence his Dragonborn father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 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 (40 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). 1 Minor magic item.