Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, blue shirt, and black tie. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Qualen hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Qualen alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and a deep hatred of illithids

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 320 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His crest is silver and very short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 pp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Emerald (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing a tight yellow one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. He is baby faced.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. 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 born several months after his father was called into army service. When Kildrak reached his early adolescence his Dwarf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Ulblyn lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a tan scarf. His red crest is singed and shortened. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.