Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a black costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered illithids who tried to eat his hand. Being a Guard kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has a very tight haircut. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. 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: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His auburn hair is knotted and matted. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Miles grew up listening to his father's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He usually wears his brown robe and has his kukri always slung over his shoulder. He has a hunchback. His red hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Shane hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. 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: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Map Maker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 60 pp. Hematite (14 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.