Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Emerald (1300 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a Mayor first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mayor for hire.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a large grey jacket. He carries a battered ceremonial dagger and tarnished hammer as well. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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 has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His copper crest is greasy and uncared for. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in the north to a Weaver, Valorean learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered giants who tried to eat his hand. He has achieved small success as a Weaver.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp.