Description: This man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. He has black hair. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson tan hat.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 80 pp. Alexandrite (1500 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he very much looks the part of a Ruler. His chestnut hair is still thick. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Gennal will drive conversation. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He got into the Ruler business at a young age. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Extrovert, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He carries a battered sword and tarnished scythe as well. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Hadarai is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a merchant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Aquamarine (1300 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears just a brown suit. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Standing 5'5", this man usually wears his grey robe and has his longbow always slung over his shoulder. His hair is short and brown. His eyes are violet.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longbow.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1100 gp.