Description: He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His white hair is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'4" and wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Onyx (30 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Zircon (30 gp). White opal (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a axe on his belt. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 Spice Merchant. He struck the Spice Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his auburn hair down. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears his brown hair down. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Laborer like his father before him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and balancing his hectic life and new laborer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 gp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Sard (80 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.