Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a black collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Howard is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His black fur is braided into rings. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Map Maker responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he prefers to wear violet clothing when he does not wear armor. His brown fur is singed and shortened. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was born in a small forest village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. 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: Erdan hails from a village terrorized by illithids. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Erdan never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 240 gp. Moss agate (14 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has blue hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. 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 recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Cynical, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 900 pp. Black pearl (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp).