Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Aelar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Baker; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a tan and black robe with the hood down. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A 4'5" eastern man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. He has a hunchback. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 70 gp.