Description: He is a husky man, who wears a fancy grey suit. He wears his auburn hair up. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He takes great joy in being the best Carpenter in town.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Carpenter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Carpenter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears skinny pants and wears a brown and black robe with the hood down. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Engraver arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 18000 cp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: This man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull grey iron scale mail, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born in the north to a Performer, Shane learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Through the years after Shane was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Shane's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly falchions and quarterstaffs. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Kody liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).