Description: This late middle aged man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: Ernest is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Crown-heir arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed brown hat.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and money/treasure

Flaws: Terse, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His head has been shaved. He is baby faced.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A freak accident while working with his Ruler father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. He carries with him a set of halberds on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born to a Baker, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Gomory and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: In love, Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp.