Description: He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1300 gp. Star ruby (800 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Hematite (7 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has violet eyes and a brown hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: A 5'3" eastern 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 chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Aelar 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. Aelar was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 600 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp).

Description: This man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. 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 into a rich family. Ahvain 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. Ahvain 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.