Description: This late middle aged man wears skinny pants and wears a black and green robe with the hood down and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Born to a Sage, his father struggled to pay the bills. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. 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. Heian 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.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a tan scarf. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He got into the Fletcher business at a young age. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Himo was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 12000 sp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Coral (70 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Sard (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He bought a morningstar and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He wears a brown collared shirt and violet pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 270 pp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He got into the Jeweler business at a young age. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Aquamarine (300 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.