Description: 5'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A freak accident while working with his Assassin mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 130 gp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born into a rich family. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: 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; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Standing 5'10", this man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Garl was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Masseuse hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a tan coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His silver hair is still thick. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, In love. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 28000 sp. Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His silver hair is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 gp.