Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear flannel. His golden hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He takes great joy in being the best Apothecary in town.

History: Adelard lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Apothecary. Recently the stress of being a Apothecary has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and balancing his hectic life and new apothecary responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: Amber (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). 3 Holy water. 4 Acid flasks. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This late middle aged woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times and is in decent physical shape. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 gp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. 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: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Racist, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue sapphire (800 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has styled her blonde hair well, parting it to the left. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp.