Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. His brown hair is cut short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Military, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. Azurite (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Malachite (10 gp). 3 Holy water. 3 Antitoxin. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is long and white with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Jet (120 gp). Malachite (11 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and carries axes. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He comes from a rich western family. In his youth he was a Fortune-teller, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. 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. Norman fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has a very tight haircut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a great chef.

History: Shane lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 gp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Amethyst (90 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He sports a flattop hair cut. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Gunter was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Fletcher, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Servant like his father before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 120 pp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.