Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears tattered old clothes. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. 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: He wants revenge against illithids; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has moderate length red hair. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To be a Glassblower again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His ears are large.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Tim was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Butcher. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his kukri with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 24. 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 loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, violet shirt, and white tie. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Adam enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Adam hails from a village terrorized by drow. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.