Description: This late middle aged man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment and is in decent physical shape. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Aust was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden pearl (110 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Sard (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His white hair is thinning but still full. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Banker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Disease, Fearful, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He tends to his Sage job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sage and was forced into it by his family; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Religious, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 400 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Tourmaline (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.