Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a hunchback. His hair is auburn and very short. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Aust's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1200 pp. White pearl (160 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Red garnet (160 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Mortician. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears professional attire. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Lucan lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Farmer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eye agate (6 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Professionalism, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Malachite (8 gp). Clear bright green emerald (5000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears just a brown suit. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is cut close to his head. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 900 gp. Blue quartz (5 gp).