Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 26. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. His first spouse was a Ruler, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Family, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Average lock. 1 Backpack.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her crossbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Unemployed arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. His hair is cut close to his head. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a fancy red dress and is in decent physical shape. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 gp.