Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Aldous was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: This southern man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His red hair is thinning but still full. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. At some point he was captured by illithids and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: He wears a brown feathered hat and brown clothes. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Gomory studied abroad. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Revenge; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 18000 cp.

Description: Standing 5'11", this man is typically in his Fortune-teller uniform. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 Fortune-teller. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.