Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of longswords on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Aldous enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Aldous was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Engraver. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 100 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Peridot (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a red tunic with black highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has a very tight haircut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Depressed, Shy, Addict. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Rose (80 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his nunchaku with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Adelard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His first spouse was a Scribe, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Soapmaker for the past few years.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This woman wears a pastel shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is an amazing painter.

History: Gifted from a young age, Melissa studied abroad. Melissa liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.