Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His copper crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Bidreked hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying west to reunite his family. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 Shoemaker. He has achieved small success as a Shoemaker.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 3100 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 2'11" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears long strands of jet and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this southern man is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. His tied-back hair is red. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Mindartis studied abroad. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Soapmaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Doctor they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Soapmaker, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 900 pp. Iolite (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Black opal (1200 gp).