Description: He wears grey trousers with blue and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is short and golden. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a tan tunic with violet highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her silver hair is cut short. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A freak accident while working with her Brewer mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 26000 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Merchant but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age her father died while driving off some dire rats. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in shield use. 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: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: She wears an entirely tan suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She is physically well-built. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tiefling companion (her 'brother'). She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Malachite (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp).