Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Barkeep arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Aelar 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. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this eastern woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Guard. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and to protect her home

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Has a crush. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 110 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses like a well dressed Soapmaker does. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Soapmaker for hire.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic, Joker. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Chrysoprase (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Chain shirt.