Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a pastel tunic with green highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Banded agate (14 gp).

Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His black hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Clerebold 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 loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Clerebold hails from a village terrorized by drow. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. 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: 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. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, William never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: In love, Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp).

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His parents enrolled him in a Wizard school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp).

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 wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his falchion with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the north to a Herbalist, Theodoric learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Cook, but he was a colossal failure. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Herbalist.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Flaws: Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Zircon (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp).