Description: He stands about 5'1" and wears black trousers with brown and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a trident and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a hunchback. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aerdeth grew up listening to his father's many stories. He worked as a nervous Bowyer and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bowyer for hire.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and doesn't want to be a bowyer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eye agate (7 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). 2 Thunderstones. 1 Antitoxin. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: An older man who wears a white costume with the symbols of death on his torso, he is not a threatening figure. His tied-back hair is blonde. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. 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 wants revenge against illithids.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Bonds: In love, Attractive, Nature, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Zircon (20 gp).

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He has blue eyes and a grey hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dreali 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 Dreali. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp).