Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Paelias was born the youngest of three triplets. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 19000 sp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp).

Description: This man is typically in his Barber uniform. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Barber for hire.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and doesn't want to be a barber and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Guard profession.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Theren was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Theren decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 6000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a white armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Heian has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Disease. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a black coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 pp.