Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His golden hair is braided into rings. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He sports a flattop hair cut. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the east to a Architect, Reynard learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Architect. 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: A deep hatred of illithids; and expand his business

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sai with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Patrick fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Forgetful. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His childhood dream was to be a Miller, but he was a colossal failure. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Theodoric fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.