Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is wearing a long, grey cloak. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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 west. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Gerald was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Taklinn embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. 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, Taklinn is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A freak accident while working with his Banker mother left him crippled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 90 gp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is red and very short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is a great chef.

History: The child of a Sailor, who enjoyed hunting, Nalral was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1800 sp. Jasper (50 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'9". He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his feathered black hat.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He is a Lycanthrope in disguise. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He struck the Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His rusty crest is smooth and relatively long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Mehen was born with his father's beautiful face. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Mehen alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 gp.