Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has wavy silver hair. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A freak accident while working with his Mason father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 7000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: He wears just a red suit. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Berrian was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He's also a talented Jeweler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to be a jeweler again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His clothes are grease stained in places. His head has been shaved. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Bookbinder. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a Engraver, his father struggled to pay the bills. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bookbinder. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Jade (100 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 gp. Hematite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 26000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp).