Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his whip with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 Butcher. He struck the Butcher job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 160 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears his chestnut hair up. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and white handkerchief worn on his left side. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Gerard is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the south to a Stylist, Gerard learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Stylist and found it very stressful. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears suspenders and pastel workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy pastel leather apron most of the time. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He tends to his Marshal job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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 into a rich family. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.