Description: This slender man stands about 4'7". He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a grey scarf. His head has been shaved. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Aelar was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her golden hair is wavy and long. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Tagga was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1000 gp. Zircon (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Aquamarine (1500 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 woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is typically in her Slave Trader uniform. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her childhood dream was to be a Cartwright, but she was a colossal failure. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Slave Trader for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Emotional, Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 7000 gp. Blue sapphire (400 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his shortspear, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Painter. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He got into the Painter business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Hunter, but he got bored and became a Painter. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 800 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats and is in decent physical shape. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She got into the Servant business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She tends to her Servant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Insomniac, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 9000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Shepherd. He wears his golden hair down. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Secretive, Greedy. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 7000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Jade (120 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Chalcedony (20 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a yellow deerstalker hat and yellow clothes. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was born into a rich family. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Weaver for the past few years.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious, Debt. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.