Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Through the years after Thervan was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Thervan's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Thervan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a green armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is cut close to his head. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Racist. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp. Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his broad blue hat.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Spice Merchant. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1000 gp. Malachite (6 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who usually wears his white robe and has his hand crossbow always slung over his shoulder. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: The child of a Dyer, who enjoyed hunting, Arannis was taken on many hunting expeditions. Through the years after Arannis was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Arannis's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Arannis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 5000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.