Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor, and he perpetually has his mace ready. His hair is black and curly. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Theodoric's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Blue quartz (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: This malnourished man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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, Bernard is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is content

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. He is portly but not overly obese. He has auburn hair. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp. Fire opal (800 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and is pretty ugly. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Gilbert alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). White opal (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Balimaar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Just what you see.