Description: This dark-skinned male is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Bruz speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Bruz was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Bruz decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Bricklayer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a sickle on his belt. His bronze crest is braided into rings. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Ghesh was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age his father died while driving off some illithids. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in sickle use. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is typically in her Tanner uniform, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'3" when asserting herself. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has worked as a Tanner like her mother before her.

Motivation: To be a Sage again; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: She prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. She carries a battered halberd and tarnished bastard sword as well. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. At a young age her father died while driving off some goblins. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in bastard sword use. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 150 gp. Jasper (30 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 6'2" and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Gorga was born with her mother's beautiful face. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Shoemaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and balancing his hectic life and new body guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Chrysoberyl (100 gp).

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. He has no hair. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Cockaby was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Blacksmith. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Stylist they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Blacksmith, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Kellen was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Kellen's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 210 gp. White pearl (50 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a white armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Priest responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.