Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He likes to wear yellow tank tops with blue pants. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Guard but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Aldous lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He worked as a nervous Guard and found it very stressful. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Crown-heir. His crest is white and curly. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Crown-heir.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 20 pp. Eye agate (8 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a greataxe on his belt. He has wavy brown hair. This gold eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Barbarian school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 200 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a white cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.