Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His green crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. 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: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 190 pp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: Ahvain was born the youngest of three triplets. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair is braided into rings. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Alexandrite (700 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

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

Possessions: 500 gp. White pearl (120 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp).