Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has shaved his head bald. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aelar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Blue star sapphire (500 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Hematite (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.