Description: He wears a blue costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His tied-back hair is auburn. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aelar grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Aelar. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He usually wears his brown robe and has his flail always slung over his shoulder. He is an epitome of beauty. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken from his home at a very young age. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Sculptor does, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'11" when asserting himself. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He has achieved small success as a Sculptor.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 7000 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a violet collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are amber.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Through the years after Heian was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Heian's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Heian never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Dayereth 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. Dayereth 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: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 90 pp. Black pearl (900 gp).