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 wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aldous grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Aldous. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. His black hair is braided into rings. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Henry was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated, Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 gp. 3 Holy water. 4 Smokesticks. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: 5'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 6. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 700 gp. Moss agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.