Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. He has gray eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born into a rich family. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Zircon (40 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Jade (60 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student he started as a Stableman, but he got bored and became a Healer. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 310 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and red pants. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Military, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 7000 sp. Obsidian (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Taklinn is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1000 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Jade (80 gp). Jasper (40 gp).