Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a brown vest and prefers pastel and yellow shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has silver hair. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Manfred is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Manfred was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 8000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. She carries with her a set of shields, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her red hair is wavy and long. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born in the south to a Bellfounder, Zanna learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Bellfounder for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Butcher again.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 6000 sp. Hematite (13 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Rose (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Iolite (60 gp).

Description: He is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He carries with him a set of lances, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In his youth he was a Armorer, 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. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Spice Merchant and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it, and she perpetually has her shortspear ready. Sporting a golden mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 600 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She has a large violet mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her yellow robe. Sporting a chestnut mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Meriele is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Mortician work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mortician work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She's also a talented Layabout, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 gp.