Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He dresses like a well dressed Fortune-teller does. His hair is silver and very short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A 6'1" northern man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His bronze crest is still thick. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 refers to his adoptive father 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: Mreksh was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Carter. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Family, Job, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. 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 east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying east to reunite his family. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Revenge; and doesn't want to be a sellsword and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. 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 hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Zephan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1600 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.