Description: This man is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. Varis 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: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 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 carries a battered bastard sword and tarnished club as well. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born in the north to a Miller, Efferil learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2200 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. 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: Gifted from a young age, Thervan studied abroad. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a large brown jacket. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

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 born at the edge of vast plains. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aelar grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Aelar. He bought a bastard sword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'1" and likes to wear white tank tops with brown pants. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. 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 blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Performer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1500 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp).