Description: He is scrawny and has patchy bronze crest. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a hunchback. His bronze crest is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Sethrekar liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze, marred by chocolates. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 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: This tall, slender man wears bulky white painted plate armor. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 17000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). A small bag of saffron. (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, she is not a threatening figure. Her brass crest is knotted and matted. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Family, In love. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. A true patriot, Guy would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Guy grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A freak accident while working with his Navigator mother left him crippled. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Meena was born with her mother's beautiful face. A freak accident while working with her Fortune-teller mother left her crippled. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1800 pp. Silver ewer (50 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, brown cloak, and carries lances. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson brown hat.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp).