Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, grey shirt, and tan tie. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is red and very short. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Aelar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he dresses like a well dressed Bowyer does. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Bowyer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jade (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a tan vest and prefers brown and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His childhood dream was to be a Slave Trader, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Gifted from a young age, Halimath studied abroad. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Iolite (70 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has wavy chestnut hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Nim hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nim 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 Nim. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Revenge; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp).