Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He usually wears his grey robe and has his shortspear always slung over his shoulder. His head has been shaved. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Azaki grew up listening to his father's many stories. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear flannel. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Suhnae lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He's also a talented Fisher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 11000 sp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: This malnourished man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He bought a greataxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 8000 sp. Onyx (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a brown collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He is portly but not overly obese. He has shaved his head bald. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. Through the years after Enialis was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Enialis's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Disease, Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2700 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His silver hair is still thick. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 west. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Sage they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Tanner, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 13000 sp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.