Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears just a yellow suit. His white hair is long and unkept. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Aldous is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp. Citrine (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a lance on his belt. His golden hair is long and unkept. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Alexandre was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Superior lock. 1 Silk rope.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He got into the Apothecary business at a young age. Alexandre was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Apothecary. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a green costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His tied-back hair is brown. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Fisher arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is long and black with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small green clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Detective business.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp.