Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. 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 is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Aelar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a fancy grey suit. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. After coming to the age of reason, Peren took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Stableman they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Armorer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and 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

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1200 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Jade (60 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear flannel. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. He has blue eyes and a red hat with a green feather.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: The child of a Dilettante, who enjoyed hunting, Heian was taken on many hunting expeditions. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Job, Debt. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1500 gp. Blue quartz (16 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He got into the Cartwright business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Cartwright and found it very stressful. Being a Cartwright 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: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 4000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this western man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Rolen was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Carpenter. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver pearl (160 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Peridot (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.