Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are brown.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Roland grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting gnolls, the young Roland began to lead the lost caravan. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature trident.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 700 sp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Nákra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1600 gp. Azurite (12 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Jet (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and has the majority of his body covered in plate. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his bow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Modean hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length black fur. He has amber eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He got into the Tailor business at a young age. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 280 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.