Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a Architect, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Beggar. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Beggar for the past few years.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He dresses like a well dressed Miller does. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Nicholas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Miller.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 gp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Jade (130 gp). Jet (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears skinny pants and wears a tan and black robe with the hood down. He wears his brown hair down. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Alexandre hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Alexandre was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This light-skinned male typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Ruler work with an outfit from a few towns over. Ruler work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Ruler for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. His head has been shaved. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Don fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Spyglass. 1 Crowbar.