Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear flannel. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Aust is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'2" and has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. His white hair is singed and shortened. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nutae studied abroad. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 8000 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a brown tunic with pastel highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Eiravel 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 Eiravel. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 700 gp. Eye agate (8 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull blue iron scale mail. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Ivellios is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in the west to a Interpreter, Ivellios learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (14 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Nim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Golden pearl (150 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Coral (150 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Black opal (700 gp).