Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a lance on his belt. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He worked as a nervous Guard and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 3000 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His clothes are grease stained in places. His tied-back hair is chestnut. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Beiro enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is greedy

Flaws: Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 220 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Beiro was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 170 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1200 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a hunchback. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He uses divination through singing.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Through the years after Paelias was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Paelias's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 pp. Black pearl (1000 gp).