Description: He wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. He is physically well-built. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Erdan was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Erdan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears pastel trousers with black and red striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts and is in decent physical shape. He wears his red fur down. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Cask was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Interpreter, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Small steel mirror. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Myathethil was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 250 gp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a grey wide-brimmed hat and grey clothes. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in the south to a Stableman, Dean learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his youth he was a Server, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Stableman.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is brown and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He got into the Fortune-teller business at a young age. He 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. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His crest is short and rusty. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the west to a Shoemaker, Patrin learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Sculptor, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Shoemaker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to be a sculptor again

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her head has been shaved. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He tends to wear a large violet jacket. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Bather; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: She wears a blue tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes, and carries longbows. She has silver hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Keyleth has worked very hard to control her curse. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Keyleth fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a performer again

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 140 gp. Pink pearl (60 gp).