Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His brown hair is braided into rings. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed tan hat.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden pearl (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 20 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His ears are large.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Hubert is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 700 gp. Malachite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She has the majority of her body covered in plate, marred by teas. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

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 always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Dilettante business.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Through the years after Elysande was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Elysande's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 500 gp.