Description: This eastern man dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a red coat with yellow slacks. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Malmûg was born on a far eastern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bellfounder. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is baby faced.

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 kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Stannor hails from a village terrorized by illithids. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this southern man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull black iron scale mail. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born to a Shoemaker, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 120 gp. Carnelian (50 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his black hair up. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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 does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Aerdeth lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he likes to wear tan tank tops with black pants. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a black vest and prefers brown and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around 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 raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. She has a hunchback. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Alice was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 east. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Chrysoprase (80 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: Carrie was born with his father's beautiful face. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Roofer for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her head has been shaved. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 6000 cp. Golden pearl (100 gp).