Description: This light-skinned male does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a great chef.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Ernest was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ernest decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: 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; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 pp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a red feathered hat and red clothes. His hair is short and golden. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Nákra was born the youngest of three triplets. Nákra was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nákra decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 900 gp. Moss agate (6 gp). Coral (130 gp).

Description: A 5'9" northern man, he dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Balimaar speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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 born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 26000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: Ahvain hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bowyer for hire.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Thunderstones. 4 Antitoxin. 2 Holy water. 1 Thunderstones.