Description: A 5'2" eastern man, he wears an entirely white suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: Paelias hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Coral (60 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Iolite (70 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 left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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 Cook. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Cook responsibilities is difficult; and to be a merchant again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Star ruby (600 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Blue-white diamond (4000 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and 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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1500 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his longsword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.