Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His red hair is knotted and matted. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Map Maker business.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears bulky white painted plate armor. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has no hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 9 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Hunter never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his rapier, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has hazel eyes and a pastel hat with a white feather.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He carries a battered hammer and tarnished nunchaku as well. He wears his silver hair up. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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 is content; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp.