Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Barkeep. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Barkeep for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears dull brown sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed bastard sword, just in case, marred by sweets. His chestnut hair is still thick. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. After coming to the age of reason, Balimaar took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. 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: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'0" and wears a tan collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. 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 to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a violet collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Malachite (12 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Iolite (80 gp).

Description: 6'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 160 pp. Moss agate (14 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.