Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is short and chestnut. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Gerard was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. Blue quartz (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has a hunchback. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Katherine is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, pastel cloak. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has wavy golden hair. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 6000 sp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.