Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. A true patriot, Paelias would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Paelias hails from a village terrorized by goblins. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and is pretty ugly. His head has been shaved. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Nasally tone

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

Description: He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and he perpetually has his sickle ready. His head has been shaved. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is an amazing painter.

History: The child of a Sculptor, who enjoyed hunting, Hadarai was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has a very tight haircut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the west to a Cartwright, Koeth learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Superior lock. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.