Description: He prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. He carries a battered morningstar and tarnished spear as well. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 500 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His chestnut hair is cut short. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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: He got into the Map Maker business at a young age. 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 has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Map Maker.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he desires power and/or immortality

Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 34000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has shaved his head bald. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Jeweler profession.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp. Star ruby (900 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Emerald (900 gp). 1 Good lock.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a tan shirt, with a yellow mid length shorts with yellow tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has shaved his head bald. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Richard was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Joker, Optimist, Persistence, Fighting. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears a black vest and prefers yellow and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His tied-back hair is golden. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 17000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.