Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tattered old clothes. His tied-back hair is golden. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Aldous was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student he started as a Apothecary, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a apothecary again

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears long strands of opal and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His copper crest is smooth and relatively long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Shepherd. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born in the south. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has achieved small success as a Shepherd.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He came across an abandoned tomb where he found a relic that called out to him. After picking it up he was cursed by a spirit.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. Star ruby (1500 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries a battered bastard sword and tarnished mace as well. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nuraval fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Persistence, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.