Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears bulky grey painted plate armor. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Adrik lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is dressed in an above average manner. He sports a flattop hair cut. 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 gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Snafû was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

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

Flaws: Insomniac, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 7000 sp. Jade (100 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). White opal (600 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His silver crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Salasar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 6000 gp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Brown diamond (8000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a hand crossbow on his belt. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His ears are large.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. 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: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. 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 been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 gp. Sard (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp).