Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears suspenders and white workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Adventurer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the south to a Adventurer, Paelias learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. After coming to the age of reason, Paelias took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Adventurer for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His auburn hair is cut short. 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 is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Peren was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Brewer. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a Sage, his father struggled to pay the bills. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Iolite (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears long strands of ruby and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Aelar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 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: Money/treasure; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 gp.