Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair is silver and curly. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting gnolls, the young Aust began to lead the lost caravan. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp).

Description: A 4'11" eastern man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born in the east. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. He is portly but not overly obese. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 4000 gp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Rose (60 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). White pearl (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. A friendly and beautiful Elf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Tharivol was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Tourmaline (120 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a tan vest and prefers brown and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His silver hair is still thick. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

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 is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp).