Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is wearing a long, blue cloak. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Paelias was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 2000 gp. Iolite (50 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Sard (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears brown trousers with tan and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson brown hat.

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. A true patriot, Mindartis would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: In love, Military, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Rock crystal (30 gp). Red garnet (40 gp).

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries a battered bow and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ahvain studied abroad. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Animal Trainer. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Animal Trainer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this western man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 7000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Rose (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Brown diamond (8000 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Some 3 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Gennal never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive, Forgetful, Insane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 gp.