Description: Runty and weak-looking, he very much looks the part of a Herbalist. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Herbalist for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has styled his black crest well, parting it to the right. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Valorean was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Valorean decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1100 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Silver ewer (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Through the years after Whurbin was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Whurbin's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Whurbin was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears bulky black painted plate armor. He has a hunchback. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Mayor father left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 12000 sp.