Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His brown hair is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a Herbalist, his father struggled to pay the bills. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Iados alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 11000 sp. Black pearl (500 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. With wild white hair. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; 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

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Mentor, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Andraste was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Andraste was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She carries with her a set of whips on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Lezre lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.