Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is brown and curly. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Taklinn was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he very much looks the part of a Body Guard, and is pretty ugly. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

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 passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Body Guard. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 90 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). 3 Smokesticks.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'4" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. His blonde hair is long and unkept. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His childhood dream was to be a Laborer, but he was a colossal failure. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing his hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: Standing 6'4", this woman wears an entirely black suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her crest, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has worked as a Carpenter like her father before her.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Stableman. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has dyed her greying orange fur a little too much giving a sharp orange color. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Jade liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against brigands

Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears his brown hair up. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born in the east to a Junk Dealer, Beloril learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new junk dealer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings, and he perpetually has his scythe ready. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He has green eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Delg was born with his father's beautiful face. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He has achieved small success as a Miner.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1900 sp. Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp).