Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is renowned for his bright pastel suits and hats. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Simple lock. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a black scarf, and he perpetually has his quarterstaff ready. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Gilbert was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 west. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His auburn hair is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Dilettante born in the past three hundred years. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Expand his business; and many drow want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: He was born in the west. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol. 1 Bullseye lantern.