Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears a brown vest and prefers green and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a hunchback. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ernest isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He wears bulky violet painted plate armor. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Ruler. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older man who is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, he is not a threatening figure. He has wavy red hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Booming voice

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

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Human compassion.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist, Mundane. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 gp.