Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a worn and beaten armor. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Mayor. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aldous grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Arnold was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Disciplined, Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a tan wide-brimmed hat and tan clothes and is in decent physical shape. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 5000 cp. Moonstone (70 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, grey shirt, and white tie. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 gp. Peridot (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a green shirt with thin black vertical stripes and brown pants, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has a very tight haircut. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Don was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: In love, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp. Red garnet (120 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Malachite (15 gp).