Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a scythe on his belt, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Percival hails from a village terrorized by illithids. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Laborer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Stannor was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Stannor's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 gp. Rich purple corundum (500 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Sard (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Amber (110 gp). Sard (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp).

Description: He dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp.