Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. He has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: Aldous hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He's also a talented Interpreter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and balancing his hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with yellow slacks. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His tied-back hair is silver. 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 snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 13000 cp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Standing 6'3", this man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull grey iron scale mail. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born in the west to a Mayor, Jocelyn learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has achieved small success as a Mayor.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Gifted from a young age, Theodoric studied abroad. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 10 pp. Violet garnet (600 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 6'1". He dresses like a well dressed Mason does, and his gloved hand is found clutching a kukri. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are green.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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 Mason. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mason.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he wants revenge against goblins

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1200 sp. White pearl (80 gp).