Description: This man is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Azaki liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He became a Herbalist soon after.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is physically well-built. His brown hair is cut short. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born in the west. 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 Merchant. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eye agate (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His tied-back hair is golden. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Nutae was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He worked as a nervous Merchant and found it very stressful. He tends to his Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Dreali hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Malachite (8 gp).