Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a warhammer, but if one is not available he will default to his sickle. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Soothing and warm

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

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears dark leathers with embroidery, marred by sweets. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Iolite (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male tends to wear a large brown jacket. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is short and silver. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aelar wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. After months of barely getting by, Aelar managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 gp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'9" and usually wears his grey robe and has his crossbow always slung over his shoulder. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Varis grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Religious, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1500 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Aelar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2100 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.