Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Manfred liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

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

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a brown shirt with thin green vertical stripes and black pants. Her head has been shaved. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Expand her business; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born in a small desert village. Clerebold liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Clerebold was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 gp.