Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Oblar studied abroad. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Cook. He has achieved small success as a Cook.

Motivation: Expand his business; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. Golden pearl (120 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a tan shirt with thin white vertical stripes and brown pants. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Paymon's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in the west to a Herbalist, Paymon learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He became a Herbalist soon after.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has moderate length auburn hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Uthemar grew up listening to his father's many stories. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An older man who is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, he is not a threatening figure. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.