Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: Aelar 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. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. After a long history of fighting, Theren and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2400 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp).

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a glaive on his belt. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Himo was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Soapmaker. He tends to his Soapmaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 110000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. His golden hair is heavily combed to the right. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: 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; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 pp. Jasper (50 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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 is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and balancing his hectic life and new weaver responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 gp.