Description: He wears professional attire, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'4" when asserting himself. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. 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: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Bernard was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is brown and curly. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Heward's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. After a long history of fighting, Heward and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. 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. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is a Mortician first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. 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 has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mortician.

Motivation: To be a Banker again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'8", this man wears a brown collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Bertram hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Seamstress hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Eye agate (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item.