Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and grey handkerchief worn on his left side. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Robert is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: The child of a Bookbinder, who enjoyed hunting, Robert was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Robert was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother 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 many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is typically in his Barber uniform. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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 Barber. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Patrick fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Barber responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 gp. Red garnet (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is wearing a long, grey cloak. He wears his red hair up. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Miles is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 700 gp. Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is wearing a long, tan cloak. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

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 seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting gnolls, the young Hugh began to lead the lost caravan. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 gp.