Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair is long and unkept. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp).

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, and she perpetually has her trident ready. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Herleva was born on a far southern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Jeweler. After a long history of fighting, Herleva and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 20000 cp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and grey robe with the hood down. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His golden hair is heavily combed to the left. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. Gunter enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gunter was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Cynical, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She tends to her Mortician job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mortician responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 gp.