Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is portly but not overly obese. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Aelar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Aelar was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 pp. Azurite (14 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Zircon (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He keeps his rusty crest in a pixie cut. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kriv fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man tends to wear a large white jacket and is in decent physical shape. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform After a long history of fighting, Thar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'0". She wears a blue shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and green pants. She has slicked back red hair. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Panana grew up listening to her father's many stories. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Terse, Impulsive, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: 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 has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His fur is brown and curly. This copper eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. 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: He was raised in a forest tribe. Cloud was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Apothecary. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cloud fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 11000 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 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 (10 gp).