Description: This late middle aged man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down and is in decent physical shape. He has auburn hair. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Gerard is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Gerard hails from a village terrorized by giants. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gerard grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Gerard. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: He typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has moderate length red hair. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Alexandre was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. 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 Map Maker. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. Hematite (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Sard (80 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Emeny was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Emeny fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, black shirt, and tan tie. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Justin was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He struck the Crown-heir job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and human compassion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, In love, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. 3 Holy water. 4 Antitoxin.