Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His white hair is cut short. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of a Herbalist, who enjoyed hunting, Aelar was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'10" when asserting himself. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Traki lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and yellow handkerchief worn on his right side, and carries scimitars. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Paelias was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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: Raer hails from a village terrorized by orcs. 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 Body Guard. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1100 pp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Peridot (20 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears skinny pants and wears a brown and green robe with the hood down. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Carrie was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (60 gp).