Description: Runty and weak-looking, he typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Balimaar was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Balimaar was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 pp. Banded agate (12 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Iolite (70 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing a long, black cloak. His white hair is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Painter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor, and she perpetually has her whip ready. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Nora was born the youngest of three triplets. After coming to the age of reason, Nora took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nora fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 8000 gp. Obsidian (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears baggy green pantaloons and a brown scarf. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep black.

Personality: Cairn is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Cairn is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 12000 gp. Rose (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Blue diamond (6000 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Amber (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bather.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1700 pp. Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears black trousers with grey and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His white hair is thinning but still full. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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 feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). Amber (40 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.