Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a pickaxe on his belt. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His ears are large.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Azurite (7 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears baggy tan pantaloons and a white scarf. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Pikar grew up listening to his father's many stories. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker white hat.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Assassin. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp.