Description: He usually wears his green robe and has his mace always slung over his shoulder. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Aust hails from a village terrorized by drow. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Gardener. He has worked as a Gardener like his father before him.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp).

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a white cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is white and curly. He has brown eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When Varis reached his early adolescence his Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a long, blue cloak. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Animal Trainer born in the past three hundred years. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. 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's attracted to the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Fire opal (1600 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears his brown hair down. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Azaki was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has achieved small success as a Map Maker.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering his clean studded leather. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Fortune-teller who has hired him part-time. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born in the west. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 3000 sp. Azurite (4 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp).