Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears long strands of aquamarine and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Paelias was born with his father's beautiful face. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'2" and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears tattered old clothes and is in decent physical shape. He has wavy blonde hair. His green eyes peer out from beneath his feathered blue hat.

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. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. His first spouse was a Engraver, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is long and brown with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Mindartis has worked very hard to control his curse. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and doesn't want to be a barkeep and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Mundane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Bloodstone (50 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Coral (140 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Red garnet (140 gp).

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortbows and monstrous two handed axes. He has wavy chestnut hair. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Himo grew up listening to his father's many stories. 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. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 pp.