Description: This man is very fat, and wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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 son.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 3000 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (30 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a white coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. He has a very tight haircut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a great chef.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Heian was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Heian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 5000 gp. Sard (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Jacinth (6000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp).

Description: This malnourished man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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 is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To be a Sellsword again; and revenge

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.