Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Aldous lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Family, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a red Stetson hat and red clothes. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Robert is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His golden hair is long and unkept. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Aldous enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. After a long history of fighting, Aldous and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is typically in his Server uniform. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born in the west. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. William 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 William. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Guardian, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He very much looks the part of a Server. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Ernest hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He tends to his Server job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Peridot (40 gp).