Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Adelard was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Expert, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Expert in service of a powerful lord somewhere. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 400 gp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He worked as a nervous Barber and found it very stressful. He's also a talented Shepherd, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Shepherd again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2400 sp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'0" and wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He uses divination through singing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Roger studied abroad. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 700 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, brown cloak. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is red and curly. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now owns his own business.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.