Description: This man is very fat, and wears a brown coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Carpenter arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Gynk was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older man who tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, he is not a threatening figure. His gray fur is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are yellow.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To protect his home; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Mayor born in the past three hundred years. A true patriot, Mara would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a hunter again

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Job, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears suspenders and violet workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Robert grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Robert. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Robert fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1700 sp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born in the north. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. Through the years after Ahinar was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Ahinar's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a trident, but if one is not available he will default to his crossbow. He wears his rusty crest up. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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 by priests from a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 120 gp. Golden pearl (130 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a yellow shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them and is in decent physical shape. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Antinua lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Detective, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 120 gp.