Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull black iron scale mail. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is scarred and worn.

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. Lamlis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Lamlis hails from a village terrorized by illithids. At a young age his mother died while driving off some illithids. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in sickle use. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Lamlis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears tattered old clothes. He wears his chestnut hair down. His ears are large.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Dayereth's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Dayereth was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2100 gp. Banded agate (10 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. His hair is white and curly. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. 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: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Pink pearl (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Peridot (30 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears violet leather gloves, a violet jacket, and tight pants. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Dreali was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is content; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born into a rich family. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Being a Bowyer 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: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 130 pp. Pink pearl (70 gp).