Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting illithids, the young Traki began to lead the lost caravan. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Revenge; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 140 pp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Red spinel (40 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Quarion was born the youngest of three triplets. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Quarion and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Malachite (12 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Black pearl (1500 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.

Description: This eastern man usually wears his green robe and has his bastard sword always slung over his shoulder. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Performer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Berrian was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a navigator again

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man usually wears his tan robe and has his nunchaku always slung over his shoulder, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. Naal is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 160 pp.