Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has done his best to style his dark red hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise black. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He wears a fancy yellow suit, and carries pickaxes. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Through the years after Aelar was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Aelar's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp).

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born in the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. She carries with her a set of spears on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her red hair is lengthy. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a grey tunic with brown highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To be a Tailor again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 50 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp).