Description: A middle-aged man, he wears tattered old clothes, and is pretty ugly. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small green clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Aerdeth abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Red garnet (70 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Coral (70 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp).

Description: This man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Tharivol is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the south to a Brewer, Tharivol learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 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 wants revenge against dire rats; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Banded agate (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a black Stetson hat and black clothes. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Gardener. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 700 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp).