Description: A 6'1" eastern man, he wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a morningstar, but if one is not available he will default to his monstrous two handed axe. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Laborer born in the past three hundred years. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born in the east to a Laborer, Heskan learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Heskan has worked very hard to control his curse. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new laborer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 220 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'11" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a simple blue robe with tan stripes complete with hood. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. A true patriot, Bethrynna would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Bethrynna was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Bethrynna decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Military, Nature, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: An older woman who typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Bethrynna is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 sp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Jet (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: She wears an entirely brown suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has wavy black hair. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a Blacksmith first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 gp.