Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Animal Trainer. He wears his black hair down. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Animal Trainer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. 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: Drogo hails from a village terrorized by illithids. A gifted student he started as a Laborer, but he got bored and became a Animal Trainer. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a deep hatred of illithids

Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 25000 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has moderate length white hair. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. He carries with him a set of sickles, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Balimaar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Balimaar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 13000 cp. Red garnet (60 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a violet vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his violet boots flare out at the collars. His head has been shaved. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born in a small island village. Adelard liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.