Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2000 sp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp).

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has blonde hair. He has blue eyes and a green hat with a violet feather.

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 is harsh and unforgiving.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Himo and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Nutae lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 800 gp. Zircon (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and brown pants. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is brown and curly. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp.