Description: This slender man stands about 3'11". He usually wears his brown robe and has his club always slung over his shoulder. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He tends to his Locksmith job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 60 pp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. His black hair is braided into rings. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has wavy golden hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Oppah was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: She wears a black shirt, with a tan mid length skirt with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She carries a battered greataxe and tarnished quarterstaff as well. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length red hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 gp.