Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears grey trousers with white and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Aldous hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Aldous was born the youngest of three triplets. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Herbalist. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 30 pp. Silver pearl (50 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp).

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His first spouse was a Herbalist, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Don fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp. Coral (40 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has blue eyes and a violet hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He takes great joy in being the best Jeweler in town.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Map Maker they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Jeweler, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To protect his home; and expand his business

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 30000 cp. Moonstone (40 gp).

Description: He wears a grey vest and prefers white and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Hubert will drive conversation. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Herbalist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 50 pp. Citrine (60 gp). Jade (70 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He is physically well-built. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. Jet (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.