Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears tattered old clothes. His brown hair is braided into rings. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Aldous alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Sardonyx (50 gp). 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Good lock. 1 Silk rope.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he usually wears his brown robe and has his shortbow always slung over his shoulder. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Ernest does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Ernest was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 gp. Amethyst (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp).

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a shield, but if one is not available he will default to his morningstar. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Hunter. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gifted student he started as a Barrister, but he got bored and became a Hunter. He has worked as a Hunter like his father before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'2" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Chad was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.