Description: This man is tall and muscular. He sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He wears his white hair down. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a tan coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Jocelyn was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Jocelyn alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Jocelyn never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3200 sp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 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).