Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. Amethyst (140 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He prefers to wear flannel. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears a black cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is content; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Full Plate. 1 Full Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.