Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'6" when asserting himself. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1000 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Gold and ruby ring (4000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He uses divination through singing.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1200 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 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: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a brown scarf. His silver hair is braided into rings. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Oppleby grew up listening to his father's many stories. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Joker, Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and he perpetually has his crossbow ready. He sports a flattop hair cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thamuz fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Star ruby (700 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Sard (30 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Hematite (7 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. Her hair is long and white with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small tan clips. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Shamil hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to illithids.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 pp. Sardonyx (50 gp). Jade (130 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Coral (130 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Coral (130 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Azurite (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a red coat. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. He has blue eyes and a red hat with a green feather.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His first spouse was a Beggar, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull black iron scale mail. His lavender fur is thinning but still full. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He works hard and plays hard.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. Tree was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Marshal. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).