Description: A middle-aged man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He married young, but lost his spouse to dire rats. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1900 gp.

Description: He wears a tan collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Erevan alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and doesn't want to be a mortician and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'11". He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 gp. White pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a black vest and prefers grey and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has shaved his head bald. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Uthemar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mayor they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Gardener, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1700 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.