Description: This slender man stands about 6'5". He wears a red collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Aldous hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 21000 cp. Hematite (6 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'4". He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Geoffrey never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, In love, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 700 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp).

Description: He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 43000 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has shaved his head bald. His ears are large.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Shane isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hunter grew up listening to his father's many stories. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Engraver. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 11000 sp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).