Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his morningstar with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Guard. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears an entirely black suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scythes and sais. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Simple lock. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: He prefers to wear violet clothing when he does not wear armor. He carries a battered axe and tarnished lance as well. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: John lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 Painter. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Jacoba enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a Body Guard, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Zircon (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Rose (50 gp). Azurite (4 gp). 2 Antitoxin. 1 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Smokesticks. 1 Everburning torch.