Description: He wears just a white suit. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver ewer (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears dull brown sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed hammer, just in case. She wears her black hair up. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a black armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has moderate length chestnut hair. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: Manea hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 700 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears just a violet suit. His hair is red and very short. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Slave, Guardian. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His chestnut hair is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. The war was a terrible time for him, and Qualen does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Qualen hails from a village terrorized by brigands. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Interpreter. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Interpreter and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Sard (60 gp). Blue diamond (8000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. His fur is brown and very short. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mason. He struck the Mason job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 700 pp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Rose (40 gp).