Description: Standing 5'4", this man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Carter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1200 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'8", this man is wearing a long, blue cloak. He has done his best to style his white crest to look like a famous performer. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Rivaan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rivaan grew up listening to his father's many stories. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His long copper crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the east were limited. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 5000 sp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Sard (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp).

Description: He wears long strands of emerald and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Faran was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Bather. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He is portly but not overly obese. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 8000 sp.