Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His red hair is long and unkept. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Masseuse born in the past three hundred years. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Fivin abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (12000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (12000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (120 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (120 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants, and is pretty ugly. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He got into the Guard business at a young age. Varis was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Varis decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a white tunic with black highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has wavy brown hair. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is typically in his Butcher uniform. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. He has a very tight haircut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He's also a talented Stableman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Jasper (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Nim never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 170 pp.