Description: He has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe. He carries a battered warhammer and tarnished quarterstaff as well. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Aust wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aust fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Banded agate (13 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a brown collared shirt and violet pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

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 kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born in the north. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

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

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. Calcitro is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Calcitro was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Calcitro liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Navigator for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a sellsword again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: She has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her pastel robe. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Born in the south to a Merchant, Ranala learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. After a long history of fighting, Ranala and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears dull grey sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed scimitar, just in case. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. When Vonbin reached his early adolescence his Dwarf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Red spinel (90 gp).

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She is portly but not overly obese. She has dyed her greying white fur a little too much giving a sharp white color. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Elegant was born with her father's beautiful face. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She has achieved small success as a Bounty Hunter.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, tan shirt, and white tie. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her cinnamon fur is matted, messy, and big. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines copper.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Harvest was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Crown-heir they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Map Maker, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 900 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp).

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He is physically well-built. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Chem alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears an entirely brown suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 110 pp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp).