Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His first spouse was a Mayor, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. After a long history of fighting, Aust and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

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 used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Whurbin lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Carter they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Sellsword, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Deep green spinel (40 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Clear bright green emerald (3000 gp). Amber (40 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A gifted student he started as a Bellfounder, but he got bored and became a Hunter. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to protect his home

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears skinny pants and wears a violet and black robe with the hood down. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. 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: He was raised by priests from a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and to clean up the streets

Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Sard (80 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has wavy golden hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Whurdred is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). Amber (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 6'1" and wears a black costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 120 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp).

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His head has been shaved. He has green eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Quarion was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

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 a colorful flower in his auburn hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Efferil enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Efferil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp.