Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He struck the Herbalist job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: 4'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears professional attire. His black hair is lengthy. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Baern lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'3" southern man, he is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His yellow fur is long and unkept. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. 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 was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Smoking was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His white fur is braided into rings. He has yellow eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Great hails from a village terrorized by orcs. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Great alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a fancy grey suit. His hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Tanner. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Damakos was born the youngest of three triplets. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has achieved small success as a Tanner.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 9000 cp.