Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Rael is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Marshal business.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Rael alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. 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 several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1000 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Varis embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in the west to a Scribe, Varis learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Scribe.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp).

Description: Standing 4'7", this man tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has no hair. 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 is extraordinarily eccentric. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Barber arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother 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 is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.