Description: 3'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'3" eastern man, he wears tattered old clothes. He has no hair. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a fancy violet suit. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. His brass crest is thinning but still full. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 6000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He has wavy black hair. He has amber eyes and a black hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.