Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He got into the Dyer business at a young age. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. 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 possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears an entirely green suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aramil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Jet (160 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp).

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly quarterstaffs and swords. He has shaved his head bald. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Eiravel will drive conversation. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a white costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his scimitar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Slave Trader for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Nature, Job, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Laucian hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Laucian was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1100 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).