Description: This tall, slender man is dressed in an above average manner. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Amber (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a Courier first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a great chef.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Knight again.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 17000 sp. Pink pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man wears bulky white painted plate armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Ruler. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Gerard was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gifted student he started as a Cook, but he got bored and became a Ruler. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Ruler for hire.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears tattered old clothes. His brown hair is thinning but still full. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving William alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 6000 sp.