Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is an amazing painter.

History: Gifted from a young age, Conrad studied abroad. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Conrad was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2800 gp.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He carries with him a set of monstrous two handed axes, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His brown hair is long and unkept. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When Barfa reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his broad pastel hat.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 390 pp.

Description: This dark-skinned male prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: Oblar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Oblar grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Oblar. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 pp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp).