Description: This man wears a green small hat and green clothes. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his white hair down. He has a tattooed face.

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. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born in the south to a Slave Trader, Astar learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Bendoo was born the youngest of three triplets. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, In love. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 700 sp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). 3 Smokesticks.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Norsko was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Fletcher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Fletcher work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Carpenter. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has a crush on the local carpenter

Bonds: Guardian, Enemies, Job, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Tabaxi culture. 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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Tabaxi compassion.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is cut close to his head. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. 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 in a small plains village. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He bought a mace and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His red eyes peer out from beneath his top black hat.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He got into the Cook business at a young age. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has achieved small success as a Cook.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2800 sp. 2 Thunderstones. 1 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a black coat with grey slacks. She has shaved her head bald. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Buvvie was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 10 pp. Pink pearl (50 gp).

Description: 5'5" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born in the north. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 40 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: Standing 3'2", this man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Stylist. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: The child of a Blacksmith, who enjoyed hunting, Osco was taken on many hunting expeditions. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Osco took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up greataxe and armor he uses now. He became a Stylist soon after.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to be a blacksmith again

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Pink pearl (130 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.