Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: River was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Gardener hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She tends to wear a large yellow jacket. Her hair is silver and curly. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Servant. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 250 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Simple lock.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has a silver handlebar mustache and slicked back silver hair. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Map Maker but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Fonkin alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Fonkin was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He got into the Slave Trader business at a young age. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Slave Trader. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. She has wavy blonde hair. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Quelenna is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her first spouse was a Sellsword, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 sp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 Servant. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and doesn't want to be a servant and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has moderate length brass crest. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Gorbundus studied abroad. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He's also a talented Ruler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: 3'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. 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: Born to a Doctor, her father struggled to pay the bills. 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. 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. Quilla fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Doctor.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.