Description: He is lean but muscular and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Miles was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Miles was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

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

Possessions: 400 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a green collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His hair is short and golden. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Arnold hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 26000 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a long, violet cloak. His auburn hair is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Bernard has worked very hard to control his curse. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This younger middle-aged man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His first spouse was a Barkeep, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Poor, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He likes to wear blue tank tops with tan pants. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: Conrad was born the youngest of three triplets. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, goblins burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying west to reunite his family. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).