Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears tattered old clothes. His hair is short and auburn. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gardain fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3000 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Rose (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female wears tattered old clothes. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a Merchant, her father struggled to pay the bills. Through the years after Werydd was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Werydd's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe and is in decent physical shape. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has green eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Hugh studied abroad. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Azurite (4 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: This southern woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Azza is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Moonstone (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Azurite (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. 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: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Lazy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Sard (30 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man tends to wear a violet poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: The child of a Farmer, who enjoyed hunting, Guy was taken on many hunting expeditions. His childhood dream was to be a Farmer, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His crest is short and brass. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Nithther abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).