Description: A man of a pale complexion, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has moderate length scarlet crest. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. 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: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Dean was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: An older man who wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, he is not a threatening figure. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Paelias was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and many brigands want him driven away

Flaws: Secretive, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 cp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).

Description: This northern man wears a fancy grey suit. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Theren hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.