Description: A 5'0" northern man, he wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born in the north to a Mortician, Simon learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He tends to his Mortician job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Don will drive conversation. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Beggar they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Butcher, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 sp. White opal (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His first spouse was a Bellfounder, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Geoffrey was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Geoffrey fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears professional attire. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 700 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.