Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is long and white with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a brown coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His head has been shaved. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 37000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His auburn hair is cut short. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. A true patriot, Heward would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Heward abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He struck the Barrister job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This eastern man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Kody speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Navigator work with an outfit from a few towns over. Navigator work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He struck the Navigator job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp.