Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He carries a battered trident and tarnished sai as well. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. He is baby faced.

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

History: Born in the east to a Layabout, Aelar learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He tends to his Layabout job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears tattered old clothes. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise blue.

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 uses divination through singing.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Aelar was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Engraver. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Aquamarine (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Sard (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

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. A freak accident while working with his Dyer father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 pp. Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp).