Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is light but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he has the majority of his body covered in plate, and is pretty ugly. His hair is golden and very short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it, and is pretty ugly. His white hair is braided into rings. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Cook arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'2" southern man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His blue crest is heavily combed to the right. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Map Maker. He is a great chef.

History: He got into the Map Maker business at a young age. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 13000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.