Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He tends to wear a large black jacket. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Through the years after Aldous was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Aldous's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aldous fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a white and grey robe with the hood down. He is physically well-built. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. 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 has achieved small success as a Interpreter.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 21000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he likes to wear grey tank tops with yellow pants. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Trym was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 70 pp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents and is in decent physical shape. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Cory hails from a village terrorized by brigands. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. He wears his white hair up. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Sard (70 gp).