Description: A 5'0" eastern man, he wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Zircon (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Ahlyssa liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ahlyssa fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 gp. Banded agate (16 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born in the east. When Miles reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'10". She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hugolina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). Eye agate (6 gp).