Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a black shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his small black hat.

Personality: He is a Blacksmith first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: The child of a Miller, who enjoyed hunting, Aust was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a green tunic with brown highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. He wears his blonde hair up. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Suhnae enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 190 pp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he very much looks the part of a Ruler. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Korfel 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. Korfel 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. He has achieved small success as a Ruler.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Rich, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has black hair. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. 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: He is a Lamia in disguise. Naeris 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 spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He sports a flattop hair cut. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Heian was born the youngest of three triplets. A freak accident while working with his Bather father left him crippled. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.