Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He refers to his adoptive mother 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: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. One day when Paelias was young, his mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his mother dropped to the ground dead. His mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Paelias was heart-stricken from the event, and his father started working long hours to provde for them. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Herbalist they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Sage, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black opal (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 26000 sp. Eye agate (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At some point he was captured by dire rats and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp).