Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. Aldous was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Weaver. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a blue collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears just a blue suit. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His blonde hair is cut short. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, John was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Banded agate (10 gp).

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Apothecary arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. 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: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of drow

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He wears an entirely grey suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has a hunchback. His golden hair is cut short. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. 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. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 sp.