Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aelar grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 3'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is wearing a long, brown cloak. His auburn hair is still thick. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Red spinel (40 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and he perpetually has his pickaxe ready. His white hair is cut short. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Fabien is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Fabien hails from a village terrorized by drow. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spy work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spy work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has worked as a Spy like his mother before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spy responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a violet vest and prefers black and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 340 gp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp).