Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His tied-back hair is white. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. 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 son.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arannis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 sp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Eye agate (9 gp).

Description: This man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. His head has been shaved. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor and is in decent physical shape. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. The war was a terrible time for him, and Ahvain does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 Fortune-teller. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to be a scribe again

Flaws: Selfish, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Jasper (40 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Eye agate (5 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears his silver hair down. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 3000 sp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a hunchback. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.