Description: This man wears bulky brown painted plate armor, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His head has been shaved. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Ivellios was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'2" and wears just a pastel suit. His silver hair is braided into rings. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He became a Jeweler soon after.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and sabotage a competitor

Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He usually wears his green robe and has his scimitar always slung over his shoulder. His hair is cut close to his head. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Himo 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 Himo. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Brewer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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, Galinndan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Marshal hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1500 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Zircon (40 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is short and brown. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Aelar's homeland. Aelar decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.