Description: He stands about 5'4" and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His white fur, when down, is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Cloud was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: She is typically in her Butcher uniform. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is short and auburn. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Butcher. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 50 gp. Amethyst (130 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Guy hails from a village terrorized by illithids. 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: Many illithids want him driven away.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She is dressed in earthy colors with a green and pastel handkerchief worn on her right side. Her gold crest is matted, messy, and big. She has red eyes and a green hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sailor who has hired her part-time. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Sailor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Sailor for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.