Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He tends to wear a large blue jacket. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born in the south. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His red hair is still thick. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Clerebold was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Black pearl (300 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. He keeps his long blue crest kept up in a rat tail. His red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Srorthen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Attractive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1700 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He sports a flattop fur cut. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Seven was born with his mother's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; 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: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Carter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He carries with him a set of spears, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His dark red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. He has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Merihim is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Merihim studied abroad. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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: To find somewhere to settle down; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Assassin

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

Possessions: 6000 sp.