Description: This tall, slender man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His eyes are amber.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Aust was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Aust decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. After a long history of fighting, Aust and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His white hair is still thick. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Born in the west to a Dilettante, Korfel learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Dilettante. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greatsword.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a red costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Addict, Shy. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 sp. Alexandrite (500 gp). White opal (600 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 90000 cp. Rock crystal (50 gp). White pearl (50 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is long and white with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2100 gp. Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.