Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His black hair is lengthy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Junk Dealer business.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1600 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His white hair is lengthy. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Trained by his mother 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 died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aust 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 Aust. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Military, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 140 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Navigator. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born in a small desert village. 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 Navigator. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a fletcher again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Aquamarine (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair is red and very short. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Naal and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1300 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He sports a flattop hair cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A freak accident while working with his Herbalist mother left him crippled. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Paelias fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.