Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat, and is pretty ugly. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

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 is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 5000 sp. Alexandrite (1000 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'8". He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Servant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Servant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has worked as a Servant like his mother before him.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears an entirely grey suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are hazel and beady.

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. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away.

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her brown hair is well kept. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Soapmaker but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Soapmaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. Black opal (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Red spinel (90 gp).