Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Dyer. His silver hair is knotted and matted. He has amber eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nicholas will drive conversation. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Dyer for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Extrovert, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Moss agate (9 gp).

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and a wedding ring on his right hand. His cinnamon fur is greasy and uncared for. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Shivering was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears long strands of opal and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has dyed his greying dark red hair a little too much giving a sharp dark red color. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. 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: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This man wears pastel robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a falchion, but if one is not available he will default to his flail. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is silver and curly. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When Heward reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1300 sp. 2 Smokesticks.