Description: 6'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He keeps his gold crest in a pixie cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At some point he was captured by illithids and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Standing 5'5", this man is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Simon grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Simon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his morningstar with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: Frouse hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. 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: Frouse was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Healer. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Banded agate (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. Being a Merchant kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 10 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp).