Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born in the north to a Bellfounder, Aramil learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Aramil was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bellfounder. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a green shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and blue pants. His long white crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tan trousers with red and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'1" when asserting himself. His tied-back hair is golden. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Galinndan is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born in the north to a Map Maker, Galinndan learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Galinndan alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Map Maker for the past few years.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a colorful flower in his lavender fur. His eyes are copper.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 220 pp.

Description: Standing 5'0", this woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She wears a colorful flower in her orange fur. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is mildly Tabaxi supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Aura never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Emerald (800 gp).