Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his scythe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has no hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Shoemaker. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Shoemaker. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. She has no hair. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. The war was a terrible time for her, and Jelenneth does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Carter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Poor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She stands about 5'4" and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her black hair is heavily combed to the right. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She worked as a nervous Bellfounder and found it very stressful. She has worked as a Bellfounder like her father before her.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 200 gp. Peridot (40 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has black hair. He has gray eyes and a blue hat with a white feather.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. After a long history of fighting, Vanuath and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Family, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Chalcedony (30 gp).