Description: This southern woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. 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. Adelaide fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Blue quartz (7 gp). Emerald (1600 gp).

Description: Standing 6'3", this man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears his golden hair up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. 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: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Cynical, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears tan trousers with yellow and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Roger was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is baby faced.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He bought a scythe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp. Black star sapphire (800 gp). Eye agate (13 gp).