Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a grey scarf. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Farmer again.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 pp. Sardonyx (40 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Sard (40 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Nora was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: This woman is wearing a long, violet, dusty cloak, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Sporting a red mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Birel studied abroad. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a Tailor, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rose (80 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Duvamil never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1700 sp. Hematite (16 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp).