Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his kukri with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His head has been shaved. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Through the years after Aelar was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Aelar's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Aelar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

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. Aust enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Aust was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His ears are large.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Halimath was born the youngest of three triplets. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Family, In love. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He carries with him a set of maces, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. A friendly and beautiful Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Azaki grew up listening to his mother's many stories. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp).