Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is short and red. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a very tight haircut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Theren was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Unemployed. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He carries with him a set of longswords, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Carrie was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Architect.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new architect responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Religious, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2700 gp. Obsidian (10 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp).

Description: He wears red trousers with black and red striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has no hair. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Zircon (20 gp). Jade (80 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 900 gp.