Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. After a long history of fighting, Paelias and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Insane. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is dressed in an above average manner. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His red crest, when down, is lengthy. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Painter born in the past three hundred years. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He worked as a nervous Painter and found it very stressful. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Disease, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2900 sp. Violet garnet (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). 3 Holy water. 3 Holy water. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. 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: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 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: His skin is bronze and flawless. He prefers to wear flannel. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp).

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Ur-Lasu was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people.

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.