Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Paelias is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 11000 sp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'9". He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and his gloved hand is found clutching a nunchaku. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 20000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: This man wears a black costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. He wears his chestnut hair down. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. The war was a terrible time for him, and Azaki does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Azaki was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp).

Description: He wears a blue coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. He has a very tight haircut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. 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, Aerdeth is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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. He has worked as a Laborer like his father before him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Layabout they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Cook, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 32000 gp. Iolite (60 gp). Coral (140 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Jade (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Jade (140 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Jade (140 gp). Sard (60 gp). Coral (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). 1 Major magic item. 1 Major magic item. 1 Major magic item.