Description: This western man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the west. Aelar was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Navigator. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and to protect his home

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 6000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp).

Description: He wears a brown costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears his brown hair up. His eyes are green.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Gennal hails from a village terrorized by illithids. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 110 pp. Black opal (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born to a Scribe, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and likes to wear black tank tops with red pants. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Riardon alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp).

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His auburn hair is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Naill liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He's also a talented Map Maker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 390 pp. 1 Minor magic item.