Description: This eastern man is wearing a long, pastel cloak. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Peren was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Stylist. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Peren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 14000 sp. Black opal (1100 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 pp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and very much looks the part of a Fortune-teller. He wears his golden hair down. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Fortune-teller born in the past three hundred years. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He worked as a nervous Fortune-teller and found it very stressful. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Military, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'3", this man wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Thamior was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 7000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Naeris was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1300 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.