Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears a grey shirt, with a white mid length shorts with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has a hunchback. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his small grey hat.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the north to a Bather, Aldous learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bather responsibilities is difficult; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a Bookbinder first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in the east to a Bookbinder, Shane learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Shane alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He's in love; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 400 gp.

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 a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His brown hair is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born to a Cook, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Heward was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 30 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (100 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: Roland is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Fletcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears green trousers with grey and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp).