Description: He is a husky man, who wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 230 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, marred by sweets. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Riardon grew up listening to his father's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and balancing his hectic life and new farmer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 gp. Rose (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Sard (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man wears just a brown suit. His clothes are grease stained in places. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 sp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to be a stylist again

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 110 pp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His white hair is still thick. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. After a long history of fighting, Arannis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 pp. Pink pearl (60 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). White opal (600 gp). Blue diamond (3000 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Emerald (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.