Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears long strands of emerald and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His black hair is knotted and matted. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Manfred speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Cook arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Manfred was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Cook. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

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

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A 5'5" southern man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Black opal (400 gp). Star ruby (400 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a green cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. His hair is cut close to his head. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Blacksmith but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Debt, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He likes to wear white tank tops with green pants. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gifted student he started as a Fisher, but he got bored and became a Performer. He has worked as a Performer like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Performer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His red hair is still thick. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. 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, Alex is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Gifted from a young age, Alex studied abroad. 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 has achieved small success as a Shipwright.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.