Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Amber (80 gp). Zircon (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Trym alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Trym was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A 4'5" southern man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Thorin lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Thorin has worked very hard to control his curse. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Insane, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Family, In love. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a green shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and green pants, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His ears are large.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Baern isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Baern never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).