Description: An older man who dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, he is not a threatening figure. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Addict, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Banded agate (13 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'9" and wears a blue small hat and blue clothes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 16000 sp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His blonde hair is long and unkept. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Aquamarine (400 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.