Description: He is in excellent shape and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aelar grew up listening to his father's many stories. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Dayereth will drive conversation. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His black hair is lengthy. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Detective but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tharivol fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bookbinder. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly tridents and sickles. His hair is auburn and very short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When Korfel reached his early adolescence his Elf father 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 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: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military, Slave. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1200 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp).