Description: This man wears a black shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Gunter will drive conversation. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Gunter lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 120 gp. A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp).

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is physically well-built. He has shaved his head bald. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. 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: Gifted from a young age, Burto studied abroad. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new butcher responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 13. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 4000 gp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: An older man who tends to wear a large violet jacket, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is chestnut and very short. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Shaká was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Recently the stress of being a Spice Merchant has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, In love, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 pp. 1 Medium magic item.