Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His ears are large.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears baggy violet pantaloons and a white scarf. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 190 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Cynical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: White pearl (160 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a yellow collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Gerald abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.