Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs, and he perpetually has his shield ready. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aust grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Aust was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Aust decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and 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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and he perpetually has his flail ready. He has styled his silver crest well, parting it to the left. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Ugly. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Jeweler. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He takes great joy in being the best Jeweler in town.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To be a Ploughman again.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is short and auburn. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson brown hat.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Through the years after Chad was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Chad's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Chad was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 370 gp.