Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is physically well-built. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He refers to his adoptive mother 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: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. At a young age his mother died while driving off some illithids. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in longsword use. 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. Alex fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: 6'2" and muscular, this eastern woman wears dull white sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sickle, just in case. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Myev will drive conversation. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, and she perpetually has her ceremonial dagger ready. With bright blonde hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Theirastra was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Barkeep. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his feathered black hat.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gifted student he started as a Mason, but he got bored and became a Glassblower. He struck the Glassblower job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 sp. Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His fur is brown and very short. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 sp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shipwright who has hired him part-time. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 sp. Jasper (70 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a black and grey robe with the hood down. He is physically well-built. His silver crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

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

Possessions: 20 gp. Jasper (40 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He bought a longsword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 110 gp.