Description: A plain young-adult man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Spice Merchant. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and wants to open a new tavern

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his scimitar with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His golden hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Halimath's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Halimath 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. Halimath decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 pp. Moonstone (60 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. After coming to the age of reason, Carrie took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Carrie fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 900 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his right hand. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Gifted from a young age, Theriatis studied abroad. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Theriatis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Amber (130 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a black shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and white pants. His chestnut hair is still thick. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to protect his home

Bonds: Nature, Family, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.