Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears professional attire. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He found a children's book about a Halfling Ranger who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 11000 cp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 gp. Tourmaline (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He is portly but not overly obese. He keeps his long rusty crest kept up in a rat tail. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 11000 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Amber (110 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Herbalist. His yellow fur has been sun bleached extensively. 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 underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Left-Handed lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His childhood dream was to be a Miller, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His fur is cinnamon and curly. His eyes are copper and catlike.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1400 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp).