Description: This man stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears yellow trousers with green and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Paelias was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying north to reunite his family. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and he wants revenge against illithids

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Red garnet (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Emerald (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and is pretty ugly. He wears his silver hair down. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. The war was a terrible time for him, and Fonkin does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He married young, but lost his spouse to illithids. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Fonkin was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears baggy black pantaloons and a blue scarf. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is short and brown. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'6" and wears tattered old clothes. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He became a Hunter soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new hunter responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. 3 Antitoxin. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His golden hair is braided into rings. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Cartwright but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Justice, Pacifist, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 110 gp. White pearl (140 gp).