Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears just a brown suit. His red hair is still thick. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. A true patriot, Aldous would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Military, Rich, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Just what you see.

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 is wearing a long, brown cloak. His golden hair is still thick. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

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 a great chef.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Chad fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Rose (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He worked as a nervous Masseuse and found it very stressful. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Masseuse responsibilities is difficult; and to be a mortician again

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many red ritualistic tattoos. He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Don enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Don took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a grey Stetson hat and grey clothes. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Ernest 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. Ernest abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 gp.