Description: This late middle aged man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather and is in decent physical shape. His hair is cut close to his head. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson tan hat.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (140 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has shaved his head bald. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He tends to his Sailor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He comes from a rich western family. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 3000 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Jet (60 gp).

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He carries with him a set of greatswords on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His golden hair is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though he does not identify as such. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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. 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. Ûshgol fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.