Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears suspenders and violet workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. He has a very tight haircut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Rose (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an entirely white suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hand crossbows and spears. He has shaved his head bald. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He takes great joy in being the best Sage in town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Sage arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (5 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. His ears are large.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Laborer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Ploughman again; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

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 obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 240 pp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is typically in his Engraver uniform. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has worked as a Engraver like his mother before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Engraver responsibilities is difficult.

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Poor, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 pp. Iolite (70 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.