Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Aldous 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 uses divination through singing.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and human compassion

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear flannel. His auburn hair is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is harsh and unforgiving.

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. A freak accident while working with his Masseuse father left him crippled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a worn and beaten armor. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Weaver but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He likes to wear brown tank tops with tan pants. He carries with him a set of greatswords, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is brown and curly. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 97. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a brown costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

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. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 32000 sp. Banded agate (12 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp).