Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His green crest is singed and shortened. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Skak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Adventurer. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He wears professional attire, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'7" when asserting himself. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He takes great joy in being the best Bricklayer in town.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bricklayer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 pp. Sard (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. Being a Carpenter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man prefers to wear flannel. He keeps his black fur in a pixie cut. His eyes are hazel and beady.

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 a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp).