Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tattered old clothes. His blue crest has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the north were limited. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Moss agate (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a brown shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and black pants. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He is a Doppelganger in disguise. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats, and is pretty ugly. His golden hair is braided into rings. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Dyer for the past few years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1200 gp. Blue sapphire (1600 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Thradal is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He has wavy black crest. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dragonborn people; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Obsidian (4 gp).