Description: This younger middle-aged man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Dean lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Family, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Average lock. 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: This northern man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His clothes are grease stained in places. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Tanner but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Charles was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Tanner. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tanner.

Motivation: Expand his business; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.