Description: This man is very fat, and wears a black cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Ernest is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep green spinel (140 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). White pearl (140 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a red vest and prefers black and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down and is in decent physical shape. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Butcher.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He carries with him a set of maces on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He wears his chestnut hair down. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray 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: He was born at the edge of vast forest. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a mace and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female prefers to wear flannel. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: Jacoba speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. The war was a terrible time for her, and Jacoba does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. When Jacoba reached her early adolescence her Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sailor

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

Possessions: 500 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp).