Description: 6'1" and muscular, this southern man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His gold crest is knotted and matted. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1900 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are black and beady.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Barakas lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His crest is cut close to his head. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born into a rich family. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 11000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He wears his golden hair down. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has worked as a Merchant like his father before him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He carries a battered halberd and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rolen 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 a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.