Description: This man is very fat, and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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 is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Manfred will drive conversation. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mason. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Mason for hire.

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: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Wymar is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears professional attire. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His first spouse was a Bather, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bather they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Barber, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Professionalism, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a green costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Chad hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. 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 got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 60 pp.