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 long gray fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Cloud lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 50 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Hourglass.

Description: He typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Raymond is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Raymond was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence. Flaws: Forgetful, Insane. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears skinny pants and wears a black and white robe with the hood down. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are white.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, 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: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he's in love

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 20 gp. Peridot (30 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a very tight haircut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Gifted from a young age, Gorga studied abroad. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.