Description: He wears a red tunic with tan highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

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. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 390 pp. Blue quartz (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Jet (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a very tight haircut. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: The child of a Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Nutae was taken on many hunting expeditions. Nutae was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Map Maker. 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 decided he is irredeemable; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Alexandrite (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Zircon (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with tan slacks, marred by beers. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Adran hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Adran has worked very hard to control his curse. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Adran was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 pp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. He is baby faced.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Uthemar was born with his father's beautiful face. 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 has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born in the north. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.