Description: He dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Aldous was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. 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. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is renowned for his bright red suits and hats. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Thomas wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Fighter, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Thomas grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Thomas. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Lance was born the youngest of three triplets. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Lance grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Lance. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Godfrey was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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 prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 80 pp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a hunchback. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in the east to a Knight, William learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Doctor, but he was a colossal failure. He's also a talented Doctor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 8000 cp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp).