Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. He has moderate length auburn hair. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. After coming to the age of reason, Aldous took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She usually wears her black robe and has her mace always slung over her shoulder. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her eyes are likewise white.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. The war was a terrible time for her, and Bryseis does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Bryseis was born with her father's beautiful face. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She became a Masseuse soon after.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'9". She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. She has styled her yellow fur well, parting it to the right. Her copper eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Smoking lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Glassblower hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and many illithids want her driven away

Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and she perpetually has her scythe ready. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Malquis grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Malquis. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 8000 cp. Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 sp. Smoky quartz (20 gp).