Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Being a Spice Merchant 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: 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; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 70 pp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Malachite (11 gp).

Description: This man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Masseuse. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length white hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1200 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and tends to wear a large brown jacket. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. 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: Quarion lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student he started as a Cook, but he got bored and became a Barrister. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to protect his home

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Naill took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up hammer and armor he uses now. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature, Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 800 gp. Black opal (1300 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a large pastel mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'7" when asserting himself. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Galinndan hails from a village terrorized by illithids. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Galinndan grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Galinndan. Being a Map Maker 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: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.