Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born to a Fisher, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Barrister hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a brown tunic with white highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Weaver like his father before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His hair is cut close to his head. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants, and is pretty ugly. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a hunchback. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nicholas grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Nicholas. 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 desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp).