Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Tordek was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Wizard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Wizard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Tordek abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered illithids who tried to eat his hand. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 sp. Red spinel (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a brown shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and brown pants. She has wavy red hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Emotional, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Secretive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 30 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).