Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a black coat with violet slacks. His white hair is cut short. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. After coming to the age of reason, Aust took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Seamstress they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Ploughman, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is content

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 60000 cp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his nunchaku with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. 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 daughter.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Aelar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Aelar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver crest is smooth and relatively long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His first spouse was a Gardener, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 pp. Obsidian (6 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Kilvar was born the youngest of three triplets. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Shepherd they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Farmer, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 130 pp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This western man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Purban was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Miner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 gp. Blue quartz (7 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Red garnet (100 gp).