Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Tanner business.

History: Peter was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Recently the stress of being a Tanner has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new tanner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Carnelian (60 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His tied-back hair is brown. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Alex grew up listening to his father's many stories. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'3" and is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, brown shirt, and tan tie. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born in the east. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp. Malachite (5 gp).

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He carries with him a set of axes, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is cut close to his head. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Blacksmith who has hired him part-time. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his 20th 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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Gerald was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. Jade (70 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'11" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born into a rich family. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp. White pearl (130 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Backpack.