Description: A plain young-adult man, he is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Gardener born in the past three hundred years. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Gardener business.

History: Born in the north to a Gardener, Roland learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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. 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: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A 6'0" northern man, he dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a black coat with brown slacks. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Malachite (13 gp). Amber (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple yellow robe with black stripes complete with hood. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He got into the Cartwright 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 Cartwright. He's also a talented Stylist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: He is a husky man, who dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Reynard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His golden hair is lengthy. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He works hard and plays hard.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 sp.