Description: This late middle aged man wears brown trousers with white and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts and is in decent physical shape. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His ears are large.

Personality: Aust speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He comes from a rich western family. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a black Stetson hat and black clothes. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Paelias hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Paelias grew up listening to his mother's many stories. 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 never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Silver pearl (140 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He dresses like a well dressed Fortune-teller does. He has silver hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is afraid of men and trembles around them

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Fortune-teller work with an outfit from a few towns over. Fortune-teller work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Shy. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Jet (110 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium 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 wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Server

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a worn and beaten armor. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He tends to his Priest job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.