Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He carries with him a set of shortbows, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aerdeth fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 130 gp. Chrysoprase (70 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 47. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Insane, Lazy, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He carries a battered dagger and tarnished morningstar as well. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Bellfounder born in the past three hundred years. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He worked as a nervous Bellfounder and found it very stressful. He became a Bellfounder soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bellfounder responsibilities is difficult; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery, and is pretty ugly. He has dyed his greying dark red hair a little too much giving a sharp dark red color. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1900 sp. Coral (150 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is typically in his Bounty Hunter uniform. His hair is cut close to his head. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Bounty Hunter. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

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 few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.