Description: This exceptionally lanky man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He has shaved his head bald. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Paelias is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. A true patriot, Paelias would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Paelias was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2900 gp. Moonstone (70 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Oppleby was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp. Peridot (20 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He prefers to wear flannel. His hair is cut close to his head. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Apothecary. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He carries with him a set of flails, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He found a children's book about a Gnome Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Oppleby fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2400 gp. Blue sapphire (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.