Description: 5'5" and muscular, this northern man wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He was born in the north. Aelar abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature spear.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He usually wears his black robe and has his longsword always slung over his shoulder. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Assassin for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Assassin responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1100 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His brown hair is thinning but still full. He is baby faced.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rael fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 260 pp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Coral (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a white scarf. His hair is auburn and curly. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. He became a Slave Trader soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 8000 sp. Rose (30 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Emerald (1400 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 pp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp).