Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears professional attire. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: Standing 5'1", this man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sellsword. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Sard (80 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born in the east. A freak accident while working with his Bricklayer father left him crippled. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and grey handkerchief worn on his left side. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born into a rich family. His childhood dream was to be a Brewer, but he was a colossal failure. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and a deep hatred of illithids

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Black star sapphire (400 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp).