Description: This younger middle-aged man tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His purple hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: Akmen was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 gp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

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 Halfling in existence. He is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Darrow studied abroad. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is silver and very short. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Navigator hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. His green crest is heavily combed to the right. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Ildrex speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Aquamarine (1400 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Jasper (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Caelynn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is black and curly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Job, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Server

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2000 sp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp).

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. He has moderate length golden hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Engraver but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.