Description: Standing 5'3", this man wears a grey shirt with thin white vertical stripes and grey pants. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Rael hails from a village terrorized by drow. He worked as a nervous Weaver and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Rose (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Thamior is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Thamior was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Silver pearl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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's looking for his big break; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 290 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is wearing a long, blue cloak. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Courier but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Hematite (14 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His auburn hair is lengthy. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 11000 sp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). White opal (1600 gp).