Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with white slacks. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Fivin is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born into a rich family. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 70000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortbows and axes. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray 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 is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. Being a Tanner 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 greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp).

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is portly but not overly obese. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Beiro will drive conversation. 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, Beiro is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Beiro was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Beiro has worked very hard to control his curse. He has taken up work as a Fortune-teller and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this northern man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. 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 a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Himo was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Himo's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: 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 hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (80 gp).