Description: He wears a tan collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortbows and hammers. His white hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aelar grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Aelar. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: A 5'0" southern man, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 4. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Thervan grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Thervan. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His ears are large.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Immeral is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Immeral hails from a village terrorized by goblins. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Immeral was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a green vest and prefers black and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Performer for hire.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 gp. Malachite (14 gp). Iolite (70 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his scythe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His red hair is knotted and matted. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 gp.