Description: He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. He carries with him a set of shortbows, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

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 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aerdeth 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; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Antagonistic. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1300 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. At some point he was captured by gnolls and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He has worked as a Courier like his father before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: White pearl (130 gp). Jet (130 gp). Emerald (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who is dressed in earthy colors with a black and green handkerchief worn on his left side. He sports a flattop hair cut. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Peren lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Layabout. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and doesn't want to be a layabout and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

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. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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

Ideals: Persistence, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Banded agate (7 gp). Amber (130 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He has moderate length brown hair. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Through the years after Peren was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Peren's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp).