Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his flail with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He carries with him a set of flails, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has wavy gray fur. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. After coming to the age of reason, Smoking took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with green slacks. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He found a children's book about a Halfling Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 6000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has wavy black hair. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: Bertram is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This light-skinned male wears tattered old clothes. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. 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, Quarion is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Quarion alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 3000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).