Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Aldous's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

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

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 10000 cp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Jasper (40 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a black tunic with tan highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Percival is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Cartwright business.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cartwright. He's also a talented Glassblower, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a ceremonial dagger on her belt. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly ceremonial daggers and nunchakus. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. Being a Marshal kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.