Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple tan robe with grey stripes complete with hood. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Slave Trader but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His red crest is singed and shortened. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She has dyed her greying green crest a little too much giving a sharp green color. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: She got into the Map Maker business at a young age. She worked as a nervous Map Maker and found it very stressful. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His green eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson blue hat.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Naeris hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Sculptor. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). 1 Good lock.