Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and likes to wear green tank tops with blue pants. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his red hair up. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Grom was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Grom's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Amethyst (130 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. He carries a battered sai and tarnished ceremonial dagger as well. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. 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. 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp. Alexandrite (1300 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Small steel mirror. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: He wears a fancy black suit. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. A true patriot, Shágflak would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2400 sp.