Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Rael abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Rael was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 800 pp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'8" and wears long strands of sapphire and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears his brown hair down. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Black pearl (300 gp).