Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aerdeth grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Aerdeth. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is content; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 390 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 900 pp. Black star sapphire (700 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). White opal (700 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Coral (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'7" when asserting himself. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Moonstone (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with pastel colored cloaks and clothing. He wears his white hair up. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Engraver but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a Interpreter, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Engraver hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a violet coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.