Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, marred by chocolates. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Charles hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pirate accent

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

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a simple pastel robe with tan stripes complete with hood. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Shane will drive conversation. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She prefers to wear flannel. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Matilda hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Jade (120 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). 2 Holy water. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: Standing 5'7", this woman wears tattered old clothes. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She takes great joy in being the best Carpenter in town.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Carpenter. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Carpenter for the past few years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a sculptor again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.