Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears a grey top hat and grey clothes. He has a hunchback. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and red pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is blonde and very short. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Burgell has worked very hard to control his curse. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he usually wears his brown robe and has his sword always slung over his shoulder. He has shaved his head bald. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Pirithin was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pirithin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 90 pp. Jade (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Standing 3'3", this man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying south to reunite his family. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 90 pp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.