Description: He wears a blue vest and prefers grey and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'9" when asserting himself. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. His ears are large.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. Azaki enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He is dressed in an above average manner. He has a very tight haircut. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1700 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a grey scarf, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'10" when asserting himself. His brown hair is braided into rings. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is a Blacksmith first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Gifted from a young age, Heian studied abroad. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 800 pp. Coral (40 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Coral (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Hematite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears green trousers with black and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When Varis reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 700 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp).

Description: He wears a green costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He takes great joy in being the best Hunter in town.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Hunter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and balancing his hectic life and new hunter responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Nature, Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1200 gp.