Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Gifted from a young age, Aldous studied abroad. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'9", this woman is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Her white hair is cut short. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Griselda fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is content; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Carnelian (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her tied-back hair is black. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Shoemaker. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Shoemaker responsibilities is difficult; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.