Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is an epitome of beauty. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 5. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ernest studied abroad. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. After a long history of fighting, Ernest and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 40 gp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Bricklayer born in the past three hundred years. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Bonds: Job, Family, Poor, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She carries with her a set of glaives on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Artin was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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: She is content; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears her yellow fur down. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her yellow eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Jade was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Miller, but she got bored and became a Ploughman. 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: To find somewhere to settle down; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 340 gp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is dressed in an above average manner. His silver hair is lengthy. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Nelkin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing a long, green cloak. His green crest is lengthy. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To be a Butcher again.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 500 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He sports a flattop fur cut. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is an amazing painter.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Unemployed

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

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a black deerstalker hat and black clothes. His white hair is braided into rings. His green eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He has worked as a Marshal like his mother before him.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 sp. Sardonyx (40 gp). 1 Bullseye lantern.