Description: He is a husky man, who wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a spear on his belt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Amber (90 gp). Jet (90 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a fancy black suit. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His childhood dream was to be a Farmer, but he was a colossal failure. He has achieved small success as a Painter.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. Jet (160 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp).

Description: He wears professional attire. He is physically well-built. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Broce is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. A gifted student he started as a Stableman, but he got bored and became a Scribe. He has worked as a Scribe like his mother before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. He has a hunchback. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy, Disease. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears his green crest up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp).