Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears yellow trousers with white and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is short and golden. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Lance wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Commoner, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He takes great joy in being the best Shepherd in town.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Animal Trainer father left him crippled. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shepherd.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 600 gp. Black opal (1000 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears baggy violet pantaloons and a brown scarf and is in decent physical shape. His hair is brown and curly. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has blonde hair. His eyes are blue.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Gerald was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Crown-heir, but he was a colossal failure. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Bowyer for the past few years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears skinny pants and wears a green and brown robe with the hood down. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He tends to wear a large blue jacket. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.