Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, white shirt, and green tie. He has moderate length chestnut hair. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 50 pp. Amber (120 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple black robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. His ears are large.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Ploughman they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Sailor, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 gp. White opal (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a sai, but if one is not available he will default to his glaive, marred by sweets. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Heward is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and is pretty ugly. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp.