Description: An older man who wears a white collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Spring hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Smoky quartz (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp).

Description: Standing 6'8", this man wears tattered old clothes. His white crest is long and unkept. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a Slave Trader first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Slave Trader responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 gp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Onyx (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Peren was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Through the years after Peren was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Peren's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Peren was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Jasper (30 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His tied-back hair is red. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Joser hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Morthos alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.