Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Beiro was born with his mother's beautiful face. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.