Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and tan handkerchief worn on his right side. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in the east to a Mortician, Aldous learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 4000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp).

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a violet vest and prefers green and pastel shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His brown hair is cut short. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Chad is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Bookbinder business.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 3 Antitoxin. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: Standing 5'11", this man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

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 seeks redemption

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 30000 sp. Banded agate (7 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Through the years after Gomory was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Gomory's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Gomory and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Jasper (30 gp). Obsidian (9 gp).