Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His head has been shaved. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Uthemar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 cp. Jade (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His silver hair is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Tethren was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. 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 has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His crest is scarlet and curly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the north were limited. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has no hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Secretive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has styled his bronze crest well, parting it to the left. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his small black hat.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 30 pp.