Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He worked as a nervous Assassin and found it very stressful. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Assassin for hire.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. Pink pearl (130 gp).

Description: She wears just a black suit. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her falchion, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. Her hair is blue and very short. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Bellfounder. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Being a Bellfounder kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bellfounder and was forced into it by her family; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Amber (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This northern woman wears a tan costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Cumpen isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Cumpen was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Shoemaker. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 gp. Eye agate (6 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp).