Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull violet iron scale mail. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Rael 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. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is short and auburn. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jet (110 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born in a small desert village. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to brigands.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 pp. Hematite (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Jet (40 gp). Jade (40 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp).