Description: This younger middle-aged man wears tattered old clothes, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

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. When Erdan reached his early adolescence his Elf 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. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Erdan never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 9000 sp. Black pearl (600 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Hematite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker grey hat.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. The war was a terrible time for him, and Lamlis does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. After months of barely getting by, Lamlis managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1500 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'2" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born to a Herbalist, his mother struggled to pay the bills. 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 orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Efferil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a black costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. He has dyed his greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

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. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears just a yellow suit. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black pearl (700 gp). Emerald (400 gp).