Description: He wears a pastel vest and prefers brown and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Halimath was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His first spouse was a Glassblower, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Fortune-teller for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Alexandrite (300 gp). Jade (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a tight red one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and black handkerchief worn on his left side. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. Through the years after Quarion was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Quarion's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Quarion was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 290 pp. Chalcedony (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. He has a very tight haircut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is obsessed with his god.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Carrie 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 Carrie. Being a Locksmith 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 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 feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged man tends to wear a large brown jacket, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Baker but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (90 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).