Description: He is lean but muscular and wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Aelar is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His first spouse was a Mayor, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 270 pp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He's also a talented Dyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and balancing his hectic life and new sellsword responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is cut close to his head. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of a Healer, who enjoyed hunting, Hamil was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gifted student he started as a Healer, but he got bored and became a Animal Trainer. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and balancing his hectic life and new animal trainer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 3000 sp. Emerald (1600 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and is pretty ugly. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Dustin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2600 sp.