Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Gunter is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Gunter was born with his father's beautiful face. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gunter fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and is pretty ugly. His hair is short and brown. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: The child of a Sailor, who enjoyed hunting, Gerald was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Silk rope.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp. Star ruby (800 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is chestnut and very short. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a pastel scarf. His white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp.