Description: 6'3" and muscular, this southern man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Merchant. He has done his best to style his blue crest to look like a famous performer. His eyes are red.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in the south to a Merchant, Vrondiss learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Knight, but he got bored and became a Merchant. After a long history of fighting, Vrondiss and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. He has a hunchback. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Ombul is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 900 gp. Red garnet (100 gp).

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. He has silver hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep white.

Personality: Amnon speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. Being a Barber kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'7" and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His black hair is singed and shortened. His white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Marbas was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.