Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is portly but not overly obese. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Gerald hails from a village terrorized by drow. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a Layabout soon after.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 500 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a very tight haircut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. 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: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: 6'2" and muscular, this northern man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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: Money/treasure; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 50 pp. Tourmaline (50 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears an entirely white suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His silver hair is cut short. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Clerebold was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Fletcher. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he has a crush on the local bounty hunter

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp.