Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light yellow in addition to tight pants. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

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: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Mentor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 220 pp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Rose (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a blue vest and prefers pastel and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His ears are large.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Through the years after Lamlis was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Lamlis's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Lamlis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a white scarf. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Gennal speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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 retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'10" and muscular, this northern man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Halimath was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Halimath was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Roofer. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This eastern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver hair is still thick. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp).