Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. He has gray eyes and a blue hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Aerdeth hails from a village terrorized by drow. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Aerdeth alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Herbalist responsibilities is difficult; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Logical, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Debt. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 3000 gp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Rose (70 gp). Jade (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a fancy tan suit, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Aelar never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and many drow want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Enemies, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 800 pp. Eye agate (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Coral (100 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.