Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. He has a hunchback. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Thervan wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... 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: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. At a young age his father died while driving off some illithids. His mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in warhammer use. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'11" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears just a grey suit. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. 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. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1600 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (3000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'5" and muscular, this western man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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 gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Hadarai alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Hematite (12 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears his brown hair down. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in the north to a Bather, Nim learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bather work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bather work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Interpreter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 sp. Banded agate (12 gp). Rose (60 gp).