Description: This man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the west to a Spice Merchant, Argran learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Randal has worked very hard to control his curse. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and to protect his home

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His head has been shaved. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born in the north to a Marshal, Anverth learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 14000 sp. 4 Alchemist’s fire. 2 Antitoxin. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has moderate length red fur. His eyes are copper and catlike.

Personality: He hates Tabaxis with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. Spring is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tabaxi conditions. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 10000 cp. Carnelian (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. 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, Theren is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Theren grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).