Description: 6'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting giants, the young Aldous began to lead the lost caravan. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His tied-back hair is red. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Lazy, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 5000 sp. Zircon (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 600 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears brown trousers with blue and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and is pretty ugly. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Gifted from a young age, William studied abroad. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 pp. Banded agate (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Rose (50 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and is pretty ugly. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. 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: He is greedy; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1400 sp.