Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Aelar was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Being a Barkeep kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 60000 cp. White pearl (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 4'8", this man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: The child of a Roofer, who enjoyed hunting, Caeldrim was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He bought a ceremonial dagger and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 90 pp. Iolite (20 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears tattered old clothes. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his white hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Naal is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Naal was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 3100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man prefers to wear yellow clothing when he does not wear armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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 was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 800 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Gold and ruby ring (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.