Description: This man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Herbalist profession.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Arnold was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Arnold decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. 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: To find somewhere to settle down; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He wears long strands of topaz and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and carries glaives. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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: He comes from a rich western family. He married young, but lost his spouse to dire rats. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 16000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 98. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the north to a Sellsword, Theobald learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Sellsword. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sellsword responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Insane, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 15000 cp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries a battered bastard sword and tarnished rapier as well. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.