Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His skin is also unnaturally pale. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

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 has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 6000 sp. Zircon (50 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears just a black suit. He carries with him a set of tridents, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Lamlis lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2400 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has shaved his head bald. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Banker business.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Banker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When Nim reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shortspear with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aramil grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Stableman but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp.