Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He is baby faced.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Paelias 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 Paelias. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'11" and is dressed in an above average manner. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born to a Stylist, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Persistence, Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1900 gp. Brown-green garnet (90 gp).

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this northern man wears a grey collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a pastel scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Aust is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: Aust was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'10". He wears a brown shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and green pants, and his gloved hand is found clutching a kukri. His tied-back hair is golden. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has worked as a Courier like his mother before him.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1200 gp. Amber (160 gp).

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bather. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is long and red with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small green clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. 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: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Mentor, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp).