Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears bulky white painted plate armor. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Gnarsh hails from a village terrorized by illithids. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 8000 gp. Black pearl (700 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a black scarf, and is pretty ugly. He wears his white hair down. His ears are large.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Naill's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Naill hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. Peridot (70 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears brown trousers with green and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has achieved small success as a Shipwright.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2300 gp. Banded agate (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Jet (160 gp). Citrine (70 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His white hair is long and unkept. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Priest. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born in the west. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

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 moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Mason who has hired him part-time. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a nunchaku, but if one is not available he will default to his flail, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'3" when asserting himself. His dark red hair is thinning but still full. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Mordai's homeland. Mordai decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Amber (120 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Locksmith. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His childhood dream was to be a Body Guard, but he was a colossal failure. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Just what you see.