Description: He stands about 5'3" and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants revenge against illithids

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Rurik is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Shoemaker. He has worked as a Shoemaker like his mother before him.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'3". He typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His copper crest is long and unkept. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden pearl (90 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp).

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He carries with him a set of crossbows, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. 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 daughter.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Alston grew up listening to his mother's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.