Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair is auburn and very short. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Merchant profession.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 43000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, John grew up listening to his mother's many stories. John abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. John fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand his business; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 800 gp. Eye agate (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is long and white with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. 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: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a grey collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His brown hair is long and unkept. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Richard speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Richard and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 sp. Amethyst (90 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears baggy black pantaloons and a brown scarf. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Raymond was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp.