Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple grey robe with black stripes complete with hood, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Aldous was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. 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 Banker. After a long history of fighting, Aldous and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Poor, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat, he is not a threatening figure. His golden hair is still thick. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 15th 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. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 gp. 3 Smokesticks. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a Jeweler, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Interpreter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is short and white. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is a great chef.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Alexandre liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 17000 cp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. He wears his chestnut hair up. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Red garnet (120 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp).