Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in an above average manner. He has wavy silver hair. His black eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Melech grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sickle.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings, and is pretty ugly. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Rathkran was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Doctor. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1400 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), he is not a threatening figure. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Sage arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Animal Trainer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His chestnut hair is still thick. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Aelar's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Aelar abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his rapier, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His black unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Paymon was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Paymon decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp. Aquamarine (1200 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.