Description: This late middle aged man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it and is in decent physical shape. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Fenriz is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Fenriz was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He has no hair. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 120 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She tends to wear a large white jacket, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'8" when asserting herself. Her hair is short and black. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Sarai is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. His head has been shaved. His ears are large.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

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 dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Logical, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has done his best to style his black fur to look like a famous performer. His copper eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Forgetful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple brown robe with white stripes complete with hood, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is knotted and matted. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Lance enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A freak accident while working with his Soapmaker father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Actor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older man who dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with grey slacks, he is not a threatening figure. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Ombul was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Barrister, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dragonborn people; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and red handkerchief worn on his left side. He is portly but not overly obese. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the north to a Guard, Don learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Don abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has worked as a Guard like his father before him.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 sp.