Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. He has a hunchback. His hair is brown and very short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Aldous hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aldous grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His first spouse was a Baker, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His golden hair is long and unkept. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He carries with him a set of rapiers, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Diggory was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His childhood dream was to be a Barkeep, but he was a colossal failure. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Map Maker for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a barkeep again

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Justin lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Cartwright they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Navigator, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).