Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'4" and wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Paelias was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Wizard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Wizard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. 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 Bookbinder. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 800 pp. Golden pearl (70 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Citrine (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'8" and wears professional attire. He has shaved his head bald. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Thamior was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. 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: Expand his business; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Terse, Forgetful, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 pp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat, marred by teas. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Himo enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. 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 recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 500 pp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.