Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has shaved his head bald. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Aldous wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Druid, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 9000 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Adventurer. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His black hair is lengthy. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 900 pp. Deep green spinel (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Jet (150 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). White opal (600 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Canary diamond (6000 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears baggy grey pantaloons and a blue scarf. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born to a Butcher, his father struggled to pay the bills. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 700 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and ruby ring (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a pastel vest and prefers grey and violet shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep yellow.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Fisher arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 west. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Bounty Hunter they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Fisher, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Rich, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1100 pp. Banded agate (5 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears baggy brown pantaloons and a black scarf. He has styled his red fur well, parting it to the right. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Shivering hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Dyer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Pacifist, Athletic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 16000 gp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Jet (120 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Rose (80 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Map Maker. Her hair is black and curly. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Map Maker business.

History: She got into the Map Maker business at a young age. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She struck the Map Maker job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 200 pp. A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a fancy tan dress. She has moderate length silver hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She works hard and plays hard.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the east. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Servant. She's also a talented Miner, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Fire opal (1200 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.