Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Aust was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Aust's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 3000 gp. Aquamarine (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: A deep hatred of orcs.

Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 gp. Carnelian (20 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a white coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His white hair is singed and shortened. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Dreali has worked very hard to control his curse. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with grey slacks. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Theriatis lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1200 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear flannel. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Arannis was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4000 gp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Rose (30 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Sard (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.