Description: 5'0" and muscular, this southern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gerard grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: An older man who is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, he is not a threatening figure. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Conrad grew up listening to his father's many stories. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Baker. 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: He desires power and/or immortality; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 6000 sp. Azurite (9 gp). Jet (50 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, red cloak. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. He has gray eyes and a red hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born in a small island village. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His ears are large.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Chad will drive conversation. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 4000 sp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has no hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving John 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 drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Black pearl (500 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp).