Description: 6'10" and muscular, this eastern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He is baby faced.

Personality: Grom speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Miller. He has achieved small success as a Miller.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 gp. Golden pearl (80 gp). Jade (80 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a very tight haircut. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Gifted from a young age, Halander studied abroad. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp. Eye agate (4 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp).

Description: He dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Anverth hails from a village terrorized by illithids. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 90 gp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Iolite (40 gp).

Description: This southern man wears a simple grey robe with brown stripes complete with hood. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white crest is thinning but still full. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Pijjirik lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 130 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp).