Description: A 4'1" southern man, he wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Armorer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Bookbinder born in the past three hundred years. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to be a tanner again

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with white slacks. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his mace, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His beige fur is unkempt and raggedy. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Ahinar hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Ahinar was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. With wild silver hair. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 110 gp. Eye agate (14 gp).