Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has shaved his head bald. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Aust is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Red spinel (110 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is short and red. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. 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. 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: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He carries with him a set of shields on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His red fur is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A freak accident while working with his Ruler father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Sardonyx (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is physically well-built. He has a very tight haircut. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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. Delg fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Jasper (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.