Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a mace on his belt. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Aust hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 29000 sp. Amethyst (130 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp).

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His brass crest is long and unkept. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Valorean's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. 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 was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Valorean fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is greedy

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears tattered old clothes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Thorin abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Fulbar was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He tends to his Scribe job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.