Description: He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Aelar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. A true patriot, Arannis would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Arannis lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Azurite (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His brown hair is still thick. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. 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 raised in a white middle class family as the only child. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Shy, Forgetful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He carries a battered crossbow and tarnished shield as well. He wears his brown hair up. He has violet eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Naeris was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Through the years after Naeris was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Naeris's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Deep green spinel (150 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Rose (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Zircon (30 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He got into the Cook business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He's also a talented Assassin, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 pp.