Description: 4'8" and muscular, this southern man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Paelias will drive conversation. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

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

Possessions: 600 pp. Obsidian (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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. 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 share knowledge with the world; and he is content

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 pp. Silver pearl (40 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Emerald (800 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He carries a battered greataxe and tarnished pickaxe as well. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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's also a talented Miner, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His first spouse was a Knight, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. 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 sister; and expand his business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 gp. Citrine (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bowyer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1500 gp.