Description: An older man who is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, black shirt, and white tie, he is not a threatening figure. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 700 pp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a blue small hat and blue clothes. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Arannis embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Arannis took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with green slacks. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born in the east. Laucian liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Black pearl (1100 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Coral (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.