Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a very tight haircut. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Paelias 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 with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red spinel (120 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

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 is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'9". He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has wavy chestnut hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Vanuath was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Blacksmith. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shortspear, but if one is not available he will default to his morningstar, and he perpetually has his morningstar ready. His red hair is singed and shortened. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Vanuath is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears professional attire. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

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. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Nim liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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: He is greedy; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp).