Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He usually wears his white robe and has his quarterstaff always slung over his shoulder. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. At a young age his mother died while driving off some dire rats. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in quarterstaff use. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aldous fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his top brown hat.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This light-skinned male is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His brown hair is lengthy. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Kody alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 18000 sp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Gerard was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 36000 sp. Amethyst (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears yellow robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a lance, but if one is not available he will default to his flail. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Laborer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.