Description: Standing 4'10", this man wears tattered old clothes. He wears his chestnut hair down. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Aelar was born the youngest of three triplets. He worked as a nervous Cook and found it very stressful. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cook and was forced into it by his family; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 4'11" and muscular, this southern man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: A 5'2" eastern man, he tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. 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. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Shy, Depressed. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 10 pp. Black opal (700 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a blue coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Gifted from a young age, Halimath studied abroad. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1600 gp. Jade (150 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Malachite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his small pastel hat.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Efferil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and ruby ring (7000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp).