Description: 5'1" and muscular, this southern man tends to wear a large black jacket. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Actor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. Ivellios liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'2" and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He sports a flattop hair cut. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 70 pp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Quarion alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Quarion was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and revenge

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Jade (70 gp). Citrine (20 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'11" and wears professional attire. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Efferil grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Amber (40 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.