Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He has moderate length white hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Aerdeth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 150 pp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). White opal (1400 gp).

Description: He is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly spears and daggers. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the north to a Baker, Varis learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

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.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greatsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He carries a battered rapier and tarnished greatsword as well. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Rolen's homeland. Rolen decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rolen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Amethyst (160 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Jasper (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: Theriatis hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Theriatis was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Spice Merchant. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 120 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by vampirism.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.