Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His auburn hair is lengthy. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Adelard is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His first spouse was a Apothecary, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is blonde and curly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bather. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Shy, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 gp. Red spinel (130 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He takes great joy in being the best Fisher in town.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 11000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his shortbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 120 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.