Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears long strands of opal and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is long and white with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Gifted from a young age, Balimaar studied abroad. A freak accident while working with his Sellsword mother left him crippled. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, pastel shirt, and white tie. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly daggers and quarterstaffs. He wears his blonde hair down. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: The child of a Stylist, who enjoyed hunting, Jocelyn was taken on many hunting expeditions. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Being a Junk Dealer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Secretive, Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. He has no hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in the east to a Mortician, Dustin learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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 Mortician. He became a Mortician soon after.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 2400 sp.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a brown and black robe with the hood down. He carries with him a set of shortbows on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born into a rich family. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 18000 sp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears bulky green painted plate armor. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Obsidian (16 gp).