Description: This southern man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Gomory speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Gomory was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Gomory was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His ears are large.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He got into the Weaver business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Weaver. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and green handkerchief worn on his left side. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears suspenders and yellow workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Debt. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a grey tunic with yellow highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: In love, Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.