Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His ears are large.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears pastel trousers with tan and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born in the east to a Masseuse, Aldous learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Aldous never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a tan tunic with blue highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born in the east. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 8000 cp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp).

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. 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 blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 became a Stableman soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Red garnet (110 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp).

Description: This malnourished man usually wears his blue robe and has his club always slung over his shoulder. He has moderate length black hair. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp.