Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Alvyn is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Alvyn never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Merla is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A gifted student she started as a Bookbinder, but she got bored and became a Slave Trader. She struck the Slave Trader job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 800 sp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her hair is black and very short. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Tanner and was forced into it by her family; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 140 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, 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: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Chain shirt.