Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has wavy auburn hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born into a rich family. He worked as a nervous Blacksmith and found it very stressful. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Human compassion; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

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

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He wears a black shirt, with a green mid length shorts with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Marshal they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Cook, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 5000 sp. Banded agate (15 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Breastplate.

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 a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Conrad was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Conrad has worked very hard to control his curse. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Dyer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Dyer. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Dyer responsibilities is difficult; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.