Description: He stands about 4'11" and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is baby faced.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Aelar's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. His hair is silver and curly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Gifted from a young age, Azaki studied abroad. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 pp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Emerald (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His bronze crest is still thick. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born in the north to a Carpenter, Kriv learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Carpenter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Carpenter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has taken up work as a Carpenter and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Slave, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has wavy golden hair. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Birel is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. The war was a terrible time for her, and Birel does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Birel was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 pp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.