Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He is portly but not overly obese. He has shaved his head bald. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. The war was a terrible time for him, and Adelard does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. 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 feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 cp. Star rose quartz (30 gp).

Description: This man sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. His hair is always cut to a buzz. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He's also a talented Knight, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'8". She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has no hair. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Nora was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Expert, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Expert in service of a powerful lord somewhere. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bather hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Nature, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears professional attire. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Performer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Persistence, Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: An older woman who wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, she is not a threatening figure. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of a Mason, who enjoyed hunting, Oriel was taken on many hunting expeditions. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 50 gp.