Description: He is a husky man, who wears a black tunic with red highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: Varis was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 700 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a grey wide-brimmed hat and grey clothes. He wears his black hair up. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. The war was a terrible time for him, and Lucan does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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 has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Violet garnet (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a brown tunic with white highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shepherd who has hired him part-time. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Racist, Greedy. Bonds: Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 pp. Onyx (70 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.