Description: This slender man stands about 6'1". He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Heward was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Layabout. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Eloise is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Eloise was born with her mother's beautiful face. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

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

Ideals: Justice, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Insane, Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears just a yellow suit. His golden hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Masseuse business.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Fire opal (700 gp).