Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a pastel feathered hat and pastel clothes. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 130 pp. Rose (30 gp). White opal (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a brown tunic with white highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Scribe who has hired him part-time. 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 daughter.

History: Aelar was born with his father's beautiful face. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Scribe. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Family, Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2300 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Spice Merchant. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Efferil is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born into a rich family. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black star sapphire (900 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 900 pp. Chalcedony (60 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Coral (130 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a white coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student he started as a Shipwright, but he got bored and became a Body Guard. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Body Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Rose (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp).