Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Herbalist. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is black, braided, and well cared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His black eyes peer out from beneath his small black hat.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the east were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 50000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His red fur is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Sweet lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student he started as a Barrister, but he got bored and became a Bricklayer. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bricklayer.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Sporting a brown mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Servant but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Jacoba took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Gifted, Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.