Description: A 5'1" western man, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in the west to a Mayor, Rael learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Terse, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants. He is portly but not overly obese. He has shaved his head bald. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born in the east to a Barkeep, Aelar learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Joker, Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Jet (60 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, green shirt, and white tie, and he perpetually has his hand crossbow ready. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 4000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Coral (90 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 4'11". He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has moderate length brown hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born to a Priest, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 40 pp.