Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his shortbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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. Aldous is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1900 pp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Jade (120 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his bow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Everard was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bow.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). White opal (800 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Black opal (800 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and white handkerchief worn on her right side, marred by sweets. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Elama will drive conversation. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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 south. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a bellfounder and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Amber (160 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Jade (160 gp). Sard (60 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Canary diamond (7000 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Hematite (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. Her golden hair is well kept. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Through the years after Eleanor was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Eleanor's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Eleanor was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 10000 gp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Sard (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: 2'10" and muscular, this western woman typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Portia grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has dyed her greying copper crest a little too much giving a sharp copper color. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Farideh lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. 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: Wants to raise her children well; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Jet (80 gp). Emerald (700 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Jade (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).