Description: Standing 4'7", this man wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the north to a Sage, Arannis learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sage. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Citrine (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

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. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His childhood dream was to be a Stableman, but he was a colossal failure. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2100 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He carries a battered warhammer and tarnished shortbow as well. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. Nim 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: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When Nim reached his early adolescence his Elf mother 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Merchant and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this western man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His head has been shaved. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Aust lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 700 gp. Onyx (40 gp).