Description: He wears a yellow deerstalker hat and yellow clothes. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sais and spears. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Paelias lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length rusty crest. His ears are large.

Personality: Ghesh speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Ghesh has worked very hard to control his curse. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her red hair is wavy and long. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Chaedi was born the youngest of three triplets. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a grey tunic with pastel highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Susannah enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Susannah was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Susannah grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Susannah. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her longbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 gp. Amber (120 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Rose (80 gp). White opal (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.