Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A freak accident while working with his Barber mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Fivin was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. 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 Bather. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bather for hire.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job, In love. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man has the majority of his body covered in plate. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. 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 to loving parents in a slum to the west. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is still thick. His ears are large.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Berrian was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 20000 cp. Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Rose (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a bastard sword, but if one is not available he will default to his club, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gennal grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Gennal. 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 is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1300 gp. Blue quartz (4 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.