Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Anselm was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Ishgha hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 2'11" and muscular, this eastern man wears a fancy brown suit. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Radomir lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 17000 sp. Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Azurite (9 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He refers to his adoptive mother 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: Skoth hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears long strands of aquamarine and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. After months of barely getting by, Frug managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 40 pp. Jet (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.