Description: An older man who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born in a small forest village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 pp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a hunchback. He has red hair. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Efferil lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a great chef.

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. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered dire rats who tried to eat his hand. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Revenge; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Amber (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.