Description: This tall, slender man wears a blue collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is a Doctor first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Frouse grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Frouse. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 3000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Amber (140 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Sard (40 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Rock crystal (50 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Amber (80 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp).

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 hair is cut close to his head. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Anselm was born with his father's beautiful face. In his youth he was a Body Guard, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger brother on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anselm fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the left. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears skinny pants and wears a blue and black robe with the hood down. Her red hair is still thick. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Pyntle liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.