Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears brown trousers with pastel and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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 leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 40 pp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'11", this man dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is short and white. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears long strands of topaz and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. 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. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. After a long history of fighting, Godfrey and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Jet (110 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'2" when asserting himself. He has moderate length blonde hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a Barkeep first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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, Aldous is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Jittery and nervous

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