Description: This man usually wears his blue robe and has his axe always slung over his shoulder, and sports empty pouches on his belt. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Poor, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 60 pp. Amethyst (100 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and he perpetually has his shield ready. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has blue eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Detective. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Chad fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 6000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a red coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Anthony is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Anthony was born with his father's beautiful face. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Deep green spinel (50 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp).

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Peter was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 25000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'8" eastern man, he wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 100. 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 never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Baker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 gp.