Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'4" and wears a simple tan robe with white stripes complete with hood. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He is a Maurezhi in disguise. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp. Azurite (15 gp). Jet (60 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has gray eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

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 has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thorin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Kilvar grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: This malnourished man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Mindartis was born with his father's beautiful face. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and revenge

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Family, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 11000 sp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are black and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is a great chef.

History: He was born into a rich family. 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 south. 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: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Red spinel (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). White opal (400 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Coral (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.