Description: A 4'10" northern man, he wears dull grey sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed longsword, just in case. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is a great chef.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Aelar was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. Amber (70 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Amber (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 160 pp. Moss agate (8 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Rael hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Rael alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3100 gp. Azurite (5 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a green armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Bookbinder born in the past three hundred years. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To be a Cook again; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Bonds: In love, Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Gold and ruby ring (4000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats, and is pretty ugly. He wears his silver hair down. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jade (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.