Description: 6'6" and muscular, this southern man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His crest is cut close to his head. He has red eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student he started as a Servant, but he got bored and became a Blacksmith. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and balancing his hectic life and new blacksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1700 gp. Fire opal (800 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Jade (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: An older man who wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame, he is not a threatening figure. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 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: Raer lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Unemployed they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Spice Merchant, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Family, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2500 sp. 1 Small steel mirror. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. 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: He got into the Gardener business at a young age. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Drogo grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Drogo. He's also a talented Fortune-teller, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and balancing his hectic life and new gardener responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Alexandrite (1500 gp).

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. He has done his best to style his black fur to look like a famous performer. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Cloak was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Joker, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden pearl (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp).