Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: Gifted from a young age, Aust studied abroad. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a morningstar on his belt. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly morningstars and tridents. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His first spouse was a Courier, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 pp.

Description: He wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. He carries with him a set of sais on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1400 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Locksmith. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. 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: Traki lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Traki 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. Traki decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and to unite with his sister

Bonds: Guardian, Family, Criminal record, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 9. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Jade (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.