Description: This man is very fat, and wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Paelias grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Paelias. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver pearl (90 gp). Jet (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Jet (90 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a yellow tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Carter for the past few years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to be a sailor again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 280 pp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and is pretty ugly. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a Mortician, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and doesn't want to be a mayor and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 sp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He tends to wear a large white jacket. He wears his chestnut hair down. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: Rolen wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Rolen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student he started as a Tailor, but he got bored and became a Server. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 pp. Sard (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.