Description: This late middle aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time and is in decent physical shape. His head has been shaved. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Ghaliver was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 8000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is physically well-built. He has dyed his greying blue crest a little too much giving a sharp blue color. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Seraphina is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her childhood dream was to be a Barber, but she was a colossal failure. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Detective for hire.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 7000 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp).

Description: He wears tattered old clothes, and carries maces. He has wavy red crest. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is his passion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black opal (600 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Hunter born in the past three hundred years. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Hunter business.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Sard (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Brown diamond (3000 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Tricking is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a trident and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Gold and ruby ring (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is short and brown. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Junk Dealer and was forced into it by his family.

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).