Description: 6'5" and muscular, this western man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull white iron scale mail. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: Aldous lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and human compassion

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 gp. Obsidian (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned female wears professional attire. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Spy arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. After a long history of fighting, Helen and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears tattered old clothes. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. Through the years after Gerard was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Gerard's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and human compassion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Shane is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born to a Navigator, his father struggled to pay the bills. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

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

Ideals: Extrovert, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 4000 sp.