Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2200 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. She has violet eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Vani hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. 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. After a long history of fighting, Vani and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: The child of a Interpreter, who enjoyed hunting, Naal was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She sports chestnut long hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She takes great joy in being the best Slave Trader in town.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Slave Trader work with an outfit from a few towns over. Slave Trader work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She struck the Slave Trader job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

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

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She wears a green small hat and green clothes. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly nunchakus and bows. She has wavy scarlet crest. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Eye agate (5 gp).

Description: She wears a black coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. 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: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. He has violet eyes.

Personality: He is a Miller first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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: Gimurt was raised in a hard working conservative environment. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered illithids who tried to eat his hand. He became a Miller soon after.

Motivation: To be a Barber again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His head has been shaved. He has amber eyes and a yellow hat with a black feather.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Randal was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2000 cp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Crowbar.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a white shirt, with a grey mid length skirt with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 120 gp.