Description: An older man who wears a brown vest and prefers black and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, he is not a threatening figure. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Naeris grew up listening to his father's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. 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. 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. Paelias fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Body Guard, and carries whips. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Heian is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He got into the Body Guard business at a young age. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has worked as a Body Guard like his mother before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Justice. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a mace, but if one is not available he will default to his hammer. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2500 gp.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Detective business.

History: Quarion was born the youngest of three triplets. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Tailor they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Detective, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 pp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.