Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a black feathered hat and black clothes. His hair is silver and curly. His black eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Marbas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Shepherd. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shepherd.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This woman wears skinny pants and wears a black and tan robe with the hood down, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Grigi studied abroad. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying west to reunite her family. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Grigi was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father 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; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: This man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has chestnut hair. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born in the west. A gifted student he started as a Map Maker, but he got bored and became a Farmer. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Revenge; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: 4'0" and muscular, this southern man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Tanner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Star rose quartz (40 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp).