Description: This man stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 pp. Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp).

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Erdan liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.