Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Aldous is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Aldous lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His childhood dream was to be a Farmer, but he was a colossal failure. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a yellow shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and black pants. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Cartwright for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a server again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'10" when asserting himself. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Red spinel (110 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a whip, but if one is not available he will default to his bastard sword. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Randal 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 3000 sp. Black opal (1600 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull green iron scale mail. He is physically well-built. His white hair is braided into rings. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp.