Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He tends to wear a large white jacket. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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: Alex hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He married young, but lost his spouse to illithids. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 15000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his falchion, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

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. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man wears professional attire, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his red hair up. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. A gifted student he started as a Mortician, but he got bored and became a Barrister. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 900 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. His hair is chestnut and very short. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a grey costume with the symbols of his god on his torso and is in decent physical shape. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2900 sp.