Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is dressed in a clean red cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has no hair. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Tharivol lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 6000 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull blue iron scale mail. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Carter father left him crippled. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. 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: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. Being a Painter 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 is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Jade (150 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Zircon (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair is thinning but still full. He is baby faced.

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. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 2400 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp).

Description: This man prefers to wear flannel. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He uses divination through singing.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2200 gp.