Description: 4'9" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a green coat with grey slacks. His hair is auburn and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. Onyx (60 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Pink diamond (7000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'9" and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Greedy, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 4'10". He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. He has silver hair. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and balancing his hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. 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 greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Hadarai was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is dressed in an above average manner. He has white hair. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Hadarai does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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 giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hadarai fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 110 pp. Azurite (9 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp).