Description: This man is very fat, and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 3000 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears her golden hair up. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Vadania was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'2". He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with green colored cloaks and clothing, and his gloved hand is found clutching a lance. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Quarethon grew up listening to his father's many stories. 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 has achieved small success as a Priest.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Passionate, Professionalism. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 250 gp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Citrine (40 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she tends to wear a pastel poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her lavender fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Shoemaker born in the past three hundred years. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Art is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She tends to her Shoemaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and is pretty ugly. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. She has violet eyes and a tan hat with a white feather.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. 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. He has worked as a Herbalist like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Herbalist responsibilities is difficult; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 9000 sp. A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp).

Description: He very much looks the part of a Stylist. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scythes and clubs. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. 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. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Gennal is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. Gennal was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Gennal decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 600 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). White opal (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a greataxe on his belt. He carries with him a set of greataxes on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. His crest is silver and very short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Fisher arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Fisher. He has achieved small success as a Fisher.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1100 pp. Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). 1 Major magic item.