Description: This slender man stands about 4'8". He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Barber arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Aelar liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. After a long history of fighting, Aelar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair is auburn and curly. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Rael was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Blacksmith. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Aquamarine (900 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'4" and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shortbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. He has hazel eyes and a black hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 gp. 7 Acid flasks. 4 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Being a Barkeep kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 sp.