Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His tied-back hair is red. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Koeth was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. Being a Glassblower 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's looking for his big break

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A 4'8" western man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Lamlis is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is dressed in an above average manner. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Quarion was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Quarion was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Quarion decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and 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

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Uthemar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp).