Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. He wears skinny pants and wears a red and blue robe with the hood down. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. The war was a terrible time for him, and Heward does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gifted student he started as a Healer, but he got bored and became a Carpenter. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Carpenter.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is physically well-built. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 27000 sp. Red spinel (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tattered old clothes. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Cory will drive conversation. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying north to reunite his family. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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 Brewer. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Slave, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden pearl (110 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is wearing a long, violet cloak, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born into a rich family. Raymond 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. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 600 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.