Description: This man is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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: Gifted from a young age, Alston studied abroad. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 20000 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. His gold crest is knotted and matted. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Rathkran was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Rathkran alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rathkran fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Curran hails from a village terrorized by illithids. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Marshal. He has achieved small success as a Marshal.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has shaved his head bald. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. Theobald enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Theobald was born with his mother's beautiful face. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and carries falchions. His brown hair is cut short. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 140 pp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Citrine (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.