Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 pp. Peridot (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a halberd on his belt. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair is braided into rings. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Varis was born with his mother's beautiful face. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Varis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 4000 gp. White pearl (70 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Onyx (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Aust was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.