Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is dark but he possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His red hair is singed and shortened. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Aerdeth hails from a village terrorized by illithids. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered illithids who tried to eat his hand. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Emerald (800 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Berrian was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Beggar. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Beggar and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Amber (150 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Amber (150 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears his red hair up. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has silver hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 11000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is auburn and curly. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: Wants to work out more often; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.