Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has no hair. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. Paelias liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 3000 sp. Blue sapphire (1500 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has a hunchback. He wears his brown hair down. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears baggy white pantaloons and a brown scarf. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man wears dark leathers with embroidery. His clothes are grease stained in places. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born in the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Layabout hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp. Red spinel (120 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears violet trousers with brown and violet striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His hair is short and white. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Quarion abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1000 pp. Zircon (50 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Rose (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.