Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He likes to wear white tank tops with brown pants. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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 is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'5" when asserting himself. He wears his blonde hair down. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He carries a battered warhammer and tarnished shortbow as well. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. Nim 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: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When Nim reached his early adolescence his Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Merchant and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this western man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His head has been shaved. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Aust lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, 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 west 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 700 gp. Onyx (40 gp).