Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in earthy colors with a green and pastel handkerchief worn on his right side. His black hair is thinning but still full. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born in the west to a Mason, Astar learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and balancing his hectic life and new mason responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job, Mentor, Guardian. Occupation: Mason

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 80 pp. Hematite (9 gp). Amber (150 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she usually wears her black robe and has her shortspear always slung over her shoulder. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Vola was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1200 gp. Eye agate (8 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Onyx (80 gp).

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 41. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Stacee was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and balancing her hectic life and new unemployed responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Elysande isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.