Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a yellow coat. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Berrian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When Berrian reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1600 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 10000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears suspenders and yellow workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Farmer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and balancing his hectic life and new farmer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 sp. Blue star sapphire (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the south to a Courier, Erevan learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and elven compassion

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 5000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his red hair down. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. 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 in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1500 gp.