Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He sports a flattop hair cut. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Paelias fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (9 gp). Jet (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Sard (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is brown and very short. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Smoky quartz (20 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Citrine (20 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Jade (140 gp). Jasper (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'0" when asserting himself. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

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. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2000 gp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item.