Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 4000 gp. Deep green spinel (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Rangrim lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is content; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His tied-back hair is golden. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 800 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. 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 hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Maiathah alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has achieved small success as a Fletcher.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.