Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Aelar was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Aelar decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 900 gp. Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a grey shirt with thin green vertical stripes and pastel pants. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Naal enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Naal was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp).

Description: He wears a simple brown robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 north. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 pp. Banded agate (13 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Sard (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Pink diamond (5000 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is dressed in an above average manner. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1600 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his feathered white hat.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. The war was a terrible time for him, and Galinndan does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When Galinndan reached his early adolescence his Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Detective

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 280 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.