Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. His hair is auburn and very short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Rael was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bather.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Military, Job, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 2600 sp. Moonstone (70 gp). Jade (130 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He prefers to wear flannel. He is an epitome of beauty. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: 3'8" and muscular, this northern man wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He is a Slaad in disguise. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100000 cp. Rose (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and very much looks the part of a Blacksmith. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His eyes are green.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Blacksmith but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his golden hair up. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Akoth is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.