Description: 5'8" and muscular, this southern man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a violet coat. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. Aramil enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: An older man who is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, he is not a threatening figure. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He got into the Tanner business at a young age. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Recently the stress of being a Tanner has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt and is in decent physical shape. His hair is brown and curly. His eyes are a pleasant black.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: He wears a black feathered hat and black clothes, and carries greatswords. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in the west to a Jeweler, Hûra learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Hûra was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Pink pearl (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak. With wild red hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying north to reunite her family. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 70 gp.