Description: This late middle aged man wears many layers of old clothing at all times and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a Ruler first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born to a Body Guard, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Raymond was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 9000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'11" when asserting himself. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has gray eyes and a green hat with a black feather.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Merchant profession.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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 Seamstress. He became a Seamstress soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Seamstress responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He bought a crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His ears are large.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is auburn and curly. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Manfred 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 is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp.