Description: He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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 Gardener. He's also a talented Fletcher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 600 gp. Jet (100 gp). Rose (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). 1 Everburning torch. 1 Smokesticks. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears professional attire. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Impeccable, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat and is in decent physical shape. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He got into the Merchant business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. After a long history of fighting, Diggory and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a black cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is braided into rings. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting drow, the young Nicholas began to lead the lost caravan. 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: He is greedy; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 10 pp.