Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He prefers to wear flannel. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: Riardon was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Bard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Bard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Riardon abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born in a small island village. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Eberdeb was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and he has a crush on the local farmer

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a green tunic with blue highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. His silver hair is singed and shortened. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Kairon isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His childhood dream was to be a Masseuse, but he was a colossal failure. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a blue costume with the symbols of death on his torso. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His yellow unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Aura lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A freak accident while working with his Carter mother left him crippled. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 9000 sp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his trident with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. 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 is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 600 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.