Description: This man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. He has no crest. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He worked as a nervous Cook and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Red garnet (120 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His auburn hair is lengthy. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is a Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Guard for hire.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Slave, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 230 gp. Golden pearl (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a black vest and prefers white and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Rael was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'8". He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. He has wavy silver hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Bilbron was born the youngest of three triplets. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a hunchback. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp.