Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Through the years after Riardon was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Riardon's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he's in love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and carries greataxes. His hair is black and very short. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Thamior is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Gifted from a young age, Thamior studied abroad. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 12000 sp. Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His hair is chestnut and very short. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a Body Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He got into the Body Guard business at a young age. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. At some point he was captured by goblins and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 pp. Moss agate (15 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has a very tight haircut. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Lucan hails from a village terrorized by giants. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, giants burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying west to reunite his family. After a long history of fighting, Lucan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 800 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).