Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aerdeth grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Aerdeth. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sculptor.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Carnelian (20 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned male is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His childhood dream was to be a Detective, but he was a colossal failure. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to be a detective again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is an epitome of beauty. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Jeweler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp. Emerald (1300 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his lance with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He sports a flattop hair cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100000 cp. Rose (30 gp).

Description: He is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. 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 grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gifted student he started as a Butcher, but he got bored and became a Sellsword. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 pp.