Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Efferil was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this southern man is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1100 pp. Eye agate (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Rose (50 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Sard (50 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Amber (160 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His black hair is knotted and matted. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is content

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 10000 cp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: A 4'7" western man, he is dressed in an above average manner. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born in the west to a Interpreter, Nim learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He's also a talented Shoemaker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, green shirt, and yellow tie. His brown hair is lengthy. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1100 gp. Malachite (10 gp). Jet (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.