Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears long strands of aquamarine and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His red fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his yellow eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born in a small plains village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Bûth alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are brown and beady.

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. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Eida was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Eida decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears violet robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available he will default to his flail. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.