Description: This man stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is cut close to his head. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Heian alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His black hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. Theren 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: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Through the years after Theren was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Theren's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Being a Farmer 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: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Lamlis was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 170 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).