Description: An older man who wears bulky brown painted plate armor, he is not a threatening figure. He has wavy red hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered illithids who tried to eat his hand. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His first spouse was a Sculptor, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Guard for hire.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses like a well dressed Fisher does. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Fisher. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 pp. 4 Smokesticks. 2 Alchemist’s fire. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a brown tunic with tan highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Gerald isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his top pastel hat.

Personality: Anselm 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. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Anselm lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Justice. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp.