Description: He wears a tan wide-brimmed hat and tan clothes, and he perpetually has his rapier ready. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. One day when Aldous was young, his father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his father dropped to the ground dead. His father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Aldous was heart-stricken from the event, and his mother started working long hours to provde for them. 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's attracted to the PC; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Mundane, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 6000 sp. Rock crystal (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). 4 Thunderstones.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears just a brown suit. He wears his chestnut hair up. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. Percival was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bookbinder. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A 5'10" southern man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His hair is golden and very short. His ears are large.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 70 pp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 600 gp.