Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Drogo abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ralf grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ralf. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Human compassion; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 sp. Banded agate (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: He wears an entirely black suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His brown hair is braided into rings. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bather work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bather work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is black and curly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is long and silver with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.