Description: He stands about 4'9" and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is thinning but still full. He is baby faced.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. In his 10th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Arnold alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She wears baggy violet pantaloons and a black scarf. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in the east to a Stableman, Avelina learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She struck the Stableman job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Job, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1100 gp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, black shirt, and grey tie. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. 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, Bardryn is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Justice, Logical, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp. Moss agate (11 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. He carries with him a set of lances, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears his auburn hair down. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. During his travels, Heian and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Heian discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Heian fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).