Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a hunchback. His black hair is long and unkept. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Chay hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. After a long history of fighting, Chay and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and to pay off his debts

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 4 Antitoxin.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears tattered old clothes. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. Her hair is golden and very short. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She refers to her adoptive father 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: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her 12th 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. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Assassin and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This eastern man wears tattered old clothes. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is black and curly. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born in the east. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a sai on her belt. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sais and warhammers. She has no hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. 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: Quillathe was born the youngest of three triplets. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She wears a brown collared shirt and red skirt. She accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'9" when asserting herself. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She takes great joy in being the best Merchant in town.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 40 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: This western man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is an amazing painter.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 220 gp.