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. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Adelard is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Adelard was born the youngest of three triplets. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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 gnolls, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 9000 cp. Amethyst (50 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants, and is pretty ugly. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the south to a Courier, Godfrey learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When Godfrey reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He tends to his Courier job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. A gifted student he started as a Crown-heir, but he got bored and became a Painter. He has worked as a Painter like his mother before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. He has no hair. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Drogo lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has worked as a Mortician like his mother before him.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 35000 sp. Carnelian (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He is physically well-built. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 700 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp).