Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He tends to wear a large brown jacket. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Aldous was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. 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 got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He is portly but not overly obese. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Alston lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 pp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple brown robe with green stripes complete with hood. He has no hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Mayor. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mayor for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 pp. Deep green spinel (80 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'4". She is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has no fur. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1100 gp. Red garnet (90 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a grey and green robe with the hood down, and he perpetually has his dagger ready. His hair is long and white with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Map Maker born in the past three hundred years. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born to a Dilettante, his father struggled to pay the bills. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Map Maker for the past few years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 140 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a fancy grey dress, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Avelina was born with her mother's beautiful face. In her youth she was a Adventurer, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.