Description: He wears professional attire. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair is blonde and very short. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Cartwright hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cartwright and was forced into it by her family; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 140 pp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: She dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She is portly but not overly obese. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Meena was born with her father's beautiful face. She worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 150 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering his clean studded leather. His golden hair is braided into rings. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Being a Brewer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 140 gp.