Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a hunchback. His hair is silver and curly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aldous grew up listening to his father's many stories. Aldous 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 has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a spear on his belt. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. After a long history of fighting, Ernest and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 14000 sp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His childhood dream was to be a Carter, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Guard like his father before him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Emotional, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1 Breastplate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are gray.

Personality: Conrad is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Violet garnet (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, tan shirt, and grey tie. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Randal is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: He got into the Detective business at a young age. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Detective. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Depressed, Racist, Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Darkwood Shield.