Description: He is lean but muscular and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. He has violet eyes and a white hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Aelar will drive conversation. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: The child of a Dilettante, who enjoyed hunting, Aelar was taken on many hunting expeditions. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he is greedy

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1400 gp. Jade (100 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. He has shaved his head bald. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Ruler business.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears skinny pants and wears a brown and blue robe with the hood down. His hair is silver and very short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Theriatis lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To protect his home; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 800 gp. Moss agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, white cloak. He carries with him a set of daggers, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his broad white hat.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. 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 Spy. He bought a dagger and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 390 pp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a very tight haircut. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. 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: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.