Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a brown top hat and brown clothes. His gray fur is braided into rings. His yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp).

Description: He wears a white deerstalker hat and white clothes. He carries a battered kukri and tarnished halberd as well. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. He has blue eyes and a white hat with a black feather.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Anverth was born with his father's beautiful face. His childhood dream was to be a Bather, but he was a colossal failure. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). Jet (140 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear violet clothing when he does not wear armor. His fur is gray and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. He has hazel eyes and a pastel hat with a green feather.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Damien studied abroad. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Stableman and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and is pretty ugly. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length blue crest. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 6000 sp.