Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He tends to wear a large blue jacket. He has a very tight haircut. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Raymond was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Banker. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Citrine (30 gp).

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this western man dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Manfred hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Manfred 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His silver hair is cut short. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. 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 east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 gp.