Description: He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born into a rich family. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp).

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., and carries kukris. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: His druidic 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. After a long history of fighting, Gilbert and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Human compassion.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 40 pp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Eye agate (16 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has no hair. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his feathered green hat.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His parents enrolled him in a Commoner school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 5000 sp. Jet (150 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears an entirely red suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His red hair is singed and shortened. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a Guard, his father struggled to pay the bills. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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 loathes his own lifestyle.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull blue iron scale mail. His hair is blonde and curly. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. The war was a terrible time for him, and Aldous does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Aldous was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Expert, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Expert in service of a powerful lord somewhere. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Aldous was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.