Description: This slender man stands about 4'0". He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 gp. Malachite (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears baggy violet pantaloons and a brown scarf, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears his white hair down. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 340 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: He stands about 5'5" and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered illithids who tried to eat his hand. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a blue coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Adventurer born in the past three hundred years. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Everburning torch. 1 Thunderstones. 1 Alchemist’s fire.