Description: An older man who dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. 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 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 feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His red hair is singed and shortened. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, pastel shirt, and red tie. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.