Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He got into the Sailor business at a young age. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Howard alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. Red spinel (90 gp). Amber (90 gp). Coral (90 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. He is baby faced.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'3" when asserting himself. His crest is brass and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bounty Hunter 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 110 gp. 7 Acid flasks.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with grey slacks. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Bellfounder but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Blacksmith they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Bellfounder, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Paymon hails from a village terrorized by illithids. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Adventurer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Paymon was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Military, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. 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. She bought a shield and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and expand her business

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She is dressed in an above average manner. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears a colorful flower in her auburn hair. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Kristryd isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Born to a Merchant, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Kristryd grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Kristryd. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This western woman dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Carpenter business.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the west were limited. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp).