Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. His tied-back hair is silver. His eyes are green and catlike.

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 a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aelar 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 Aelar. 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: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Layabout born in the past three hundred years. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Layabout for the past few years.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1400 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Jet (70 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Jade (70 gp). Coral (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a yellow vest and prefers grey and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. A gifted student he started as a Navigator, but he got bored and became a Bookbinder. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). White opal (500 gp). Emerald (500 gp).

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, and he perpetually has his trident ready. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He got into the Tailor business at a young age. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He then took over the family business and is one of the better Tailor for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 17000 sp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a green scarf. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Aust was born the youngest of three triplets. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Assassin hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.