Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears just a grey suit. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Roger hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Interpreter who has hired him part-time. Clerebold enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

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. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Lance grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He carries a battered bow and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He takes great joy in being the best Stableman in town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Reynard grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Stableman. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 15000 cp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Dustin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 30 pp.