Description: An older man who tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, he is not a threatening figure. His golden hair is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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 to a Performer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden pearl (80 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Malachite (16 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His clothes are grease stained in places. His tied-back hair is brown. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Mayor. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He got into the Mayor business at a young age. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mayor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mayor for the past few years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 27000 sp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp).

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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. Gomory fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are amber and beady.

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 enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. He carries with him a set of scythes on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. His hair is black and very short. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Gifted from a young age, John studied abroad. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 sp. 2 Holy water.