Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Family, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 700 gp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 40000 cp. White pearl (160 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a simple brown robe with white stripes complete with hood. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 pp. Coral (90 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Blue diamond (2000 gp). Jasper (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. He wears his golden hair up. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is mildly Elf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2400 gp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. He has a hunchback. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Aelar hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. 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 Miner. He tends to his Miner job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and balancing his hectic life and new miner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.