Description: 5'3" and muscular, this northern man wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is long and red with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He bought a quarterstaff and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a tan vest and prefers black and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Erdan was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Erdan decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: An older man who wears tattered old clothes, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student he started as a Spice Merchant, but he got bored and became a Apothecary. He has worked as a Apothecary like his father before him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 14000 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time and is in decent physical shape. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He takes great joy in being the best Spice Merchant in town.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.