Description: This tall, slender man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has moderate length silver hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 7000 cp. Black pearl (600 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'7" and muscular, this eastern man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His silver crest is knotted and matted. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Sage business.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Kerkad was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1600 gp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Jet (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is blue and curly. His eyes are red.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. 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: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bowyer and was forced into it by his family; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His yellow fur is braided into rings. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Tailor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Jade alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to gnolls.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. White pearl (140 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Clear bright green emerald (3000 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 2'11". He usually wears his green robe and has his nunchaku always slung over his shoulder. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Oren isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. After coming to the age of reason, Oren took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 gp.