Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and he perpetually has his club ready. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. Recently a tribe of orcs 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: Revenge.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Fire opal (800 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp).

Description: This man wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. His hair is red and curly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is a great chef.

History: He was born in the west. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 pp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.