Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears dark leathers with embroidery. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. In his youth he was a Sage, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears baggy violet pantaloons and a tan scarf. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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 Actor. He has worked as a Actor like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is typically in his Spy uniform. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spy. He became a Spy soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He got into the Mason business at a young age. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 120 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He usually wears his brown robe and has his mace always slung over his shoulder. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: The child of a Actor, who enjoyed hunting, Diggory was taken on many hunting expeditions. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fortune-teller and was forced into it by his family; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 5000 sp. Sardonyx (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.