Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a red cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Rael was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 Stylist. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to be a jeweler again

Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Mentor, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jasper (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and red handkerchief worn on his right side. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has shaved his head bald. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: PTSD, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 gp. Citrine (50 gp). Moss agate (16 gp).

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He carries a battered bastard sword and tarnished spear as well. His brown hair is braided into rings. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Korfel abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Coral (70 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Coral (70 gp). Canary diamond (7000 gp). Zircon (30 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears a black costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Sellsword. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new sellsword responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Sard (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Jet (70 gp). Rose (70 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He got into the Bather business at a young age. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has worked as a Bather like his father before him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp).