Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his rapier with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Aelar's homeland. Aelar decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This malnourished man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. The war was a terrible time for him, and Ortegar does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Ortegar was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is content; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her white hair is long and unkept. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Malachite (12 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He likes to wear tan tank tops with grey pants. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Qualen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Qualen grew up listening to his mother's many stories. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Just what you see.