Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Through the years after Arannis was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Arannis's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 700 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He usually wears his grey robe and has his nunchaku always slung over his shoulder. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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 money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Jacinth (4000 gp).

Description: He wears a fancy tan suit. He has wavy brown hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has worked as a Carpenter like his father before him.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it, and he perpetually has his sai ready. His chestnut hair is cut short. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 13000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.