Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thervan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a worn and beaten armor. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. 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 south. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Azurite (4 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Coral (140 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Amber (140 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tabaxi, and stands approximately 5'9". He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat, and his gloved hand is found clutching a ceremonial dagger. His white fur, when down, is lengthy. His yellow eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He tends to his Engraver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 900 pp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Zircon (40 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.

Description: An older woman who wears a fancy brown dress, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears a colorful flower in her gold crest. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Aquamarine (400 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Coral (90 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is dressed in earthy colors with a green and blue handkerchief worn on his right side. His gold crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is an amazing painter.

History: Gifted from a young age, Mugrunden studied abroad. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Stableman. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Mugrunden never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Job, In love. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has auburn hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. A true patriot, Wiggens would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Dragonborn compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to dragonborn people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1100 pp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Coral (40 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.