Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He's also a talented Sculptor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a sculptor again

Ideals: Gifted, Pacifist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Full Plate.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born in a small forest village. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Arnold 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. Arnold decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Arnold was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 sp. Black opal (700 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Eye agate (12 gp).