Description: This man wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his left hand. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Adelard hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 700 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp).

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His ears are large.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 80000 cp. Sard (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Azurite (15 gp).

Description: Standing 6'3", this man wears a white armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gifted from a young age, Adelard studied abroad. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His silver hair is braided into rings. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to be a merchant again

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 20000 cp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp).