Description: He wears a red broad hat and red clothes. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 sp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp).

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his ceremonial dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jet (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man wears dark leathers with embroidery. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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, Aldous is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born in the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Body Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his small white hat.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Paelias was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Paelias's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man likes to wear tan tank tops with brown pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp. Rose (40 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Banded agate (5 gp).