Description: This southern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Aust lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 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 recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 25000 sp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: He wears a violet vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his violet boots flare out at the collars, and carries lances. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. 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 has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Barkeep who has hired him part-time. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He's in love; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Has a crush, In love. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly nunchakus and flails. His tied-back hair is blonde. His eyes are green.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and 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: Logical. Flaws: Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

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

Possessions: 700 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, tan cloak. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Thervan hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He carries with him a set of whips, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is brown and curly. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Mindartis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mindartis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 7000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.