Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his right hand. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Ralf hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Ralf is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 18000 cp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He tends to wear a large tan jacket. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born in a small forest village. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has worked as a Scribe like his mother before him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 17000 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is physically well-built. He sports a flattop hair cut. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson red hat.

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 does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: He was born into a rich family. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. After a long history of fighting, Justin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and many goblins want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a white vest and prefers pastel and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He wears his brown hair down. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Miles was born the youngest of three triplets. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying south to reunite his family. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp.