Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Dustin is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He uses divination through singing.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Map Maker. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Map Maker for hire.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: 5'10" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a white scarf. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sage.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. 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 to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Blue quartz (16 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Small steel mirror. 1 Crowbar.