Description: This late middle aged man wears dull pastel sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed dagger, just in case and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Alex was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker, Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. 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. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A freak accident while working with his Jeweler father left him crippled. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Terse, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His head has been shaved. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is a great chef.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a black costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to orcs.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. Banded agate (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp).

Description: He wears a tan tunic with brown highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Norman is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Human compassion; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Depressed, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.