Description: This northern man usually wears his tan robe and has his bow always slung over his shoulder. His clothes are grease stained in places. His golden hair is cut short. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Aldous studied abroad. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Coral (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a map maker and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 500 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Amber (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is portly but not overly obese. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (400 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and blue handkerchief worn on her right side. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Helen was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Mundane, Fearful. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 40000 cp.