Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Raer is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Raer studied abroad. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 5000 gp. Eye agate (7 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Hematite (7 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: The child of a Apothecary, who enjoyed hunting, Paelias was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and to be a apothecary again

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 28000 sp. Rose (20 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Red spinel (60 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and is pretty ugly. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of brigands 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 is unsatisfied with his job; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp).