Description: This late middle aged man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems and is in decent physical shape. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 pp. Banded agate (7 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Military, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with tan slacks. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. The war was a terrible time for him, and Laucian does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 35000 sp. Jade (130 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.