Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a red shirt, with a blue mid length shorts with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. His ears are large.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged man is renowned for his bright black suits and hats and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise gray.

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 uses divination through singing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Slave Trader arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and doesn't want to be a slave trader and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Holy water. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He has no hair. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Black pearl (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the left. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Gifted from a young age, Charles studied abroad. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 40000 sp. Black pearl (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. 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 shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, In love. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 900 gp. Emerald (1000 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Malachite (11 gp).