Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the west to a Bather, Mantus learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bather hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. White opal (700 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Jet (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are green.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Addict. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 sp. Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. Her hair is black and very short. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Hrathy never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Mentor, In love, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears his chestnut hair down. He has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Modean was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Sage. Being a Sage kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1500 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). 1 Good lock.