Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a worn and beaten armor. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born to a Herbalist, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aust grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Aust. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1100 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man usually wears his brown robe and has his club always slung over his shoulder. His clothes are grease stained in places. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Map Maker 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: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 sp. Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Slave Trader arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Naal and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1900 gp. Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'9". He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat, and his gloved hand is found clutching a crossbow. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: Riardon was born the youngest of three triplets. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 170 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. He has moderate length auburn hair. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. 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: Born in the north to a Miller, Himo learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.