Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear flannel and is in decent physical shape. He has moderate length white hair. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Ernest was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Ernest's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and a deep hatred of illithids

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to protect his home

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 100 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He has a hunchback. He wears his golden hair up. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 65. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born to a Spice Merchant, his father struggled to pay the bills. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. White opal (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). 2 Holy water. 2 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and is pretty ugly. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Theobald is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp.