Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears tattered old clothes. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Aldous lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears his brown hair down. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Clerebold hails from a village terrorized by goblins. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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 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: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'8" and wears a fancy yellow suit. His golden hair is knotted and matted. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is dressed in a clean red cloak covering his clean studded leather. His clothes are grease stained in places. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Weaver hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears his auburn hair up. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Shipwright. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He found a children's book about a Human Commoner who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.