Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'3" and is wearing a long, brown cloak. His chestnut hair is still thick. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. 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 Locksmith. He has achieved small success as a Locksmith.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears a black costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. He is portly but not overly obese. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A freak accident while working with his Bookbinder father left him crippled. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Aldous was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A freak accident while working with his Fletcher mother left him crippled. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aldous fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He wears long strands of jet and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his small grey hat.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born into a rich family. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp.