Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His beige fur is long and unkept. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: Cask speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Server

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Healer. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Healer for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Performer again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Naeris was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Naeris fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His white hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ernest abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. He wears his green crest up. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.