Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a violet coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. He is an epitome of beauty. He has black hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Aelar's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 160 pp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp).

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. The war was a terrible time for him, and Nim does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 60 pp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp).

Description: He wears professional attire. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly flails and scythes. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Berrian 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. Berrian 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 left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears bulky black painted plate armor. He has a hunchback. His hair is silver and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. 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: Erevan lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Erevan was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Dilettante. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. He has a hunchback. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. 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 in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. After coming to the age of reason, Heian took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Healer.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Healer responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 20000 sp. Blue sapphire (800 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Sard (70 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.