Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears bulky white painted plate armor. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Aerdeth hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp).

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Paelias grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Paelias was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 900 gp. Coral (120 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Azurite (13 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker red hat.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of a Baker, who enjoyed hunting, Heian was taken on many hunting expeditions. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1600 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. 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: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 900 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp).