Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a green tunic with tan highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. His silver hair is singed and shortened. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Aust lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Through the years after Aust was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Aust's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aust fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and doesn't want to be a butcher and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 4000 gp. Hematite (10 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fancy white suit. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. 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: Gifted from a young age, Erevan studied abroad. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He's in love; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 130 pp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Star ruby (500 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His white hair is braided into rings. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. The war was a terrible time for him, and Rolen does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He got into the Dilettante business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Animal Trainer, but he got bored and became a Dilettante. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1700 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a hunchback. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. Azaki liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is typically in his Layabout uniform. His hair is long and silver with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small pastel clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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 was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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. Being a Layabout kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2200 gp. Azurite (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp).