Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Aust speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and carries rapiers. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Uthemar is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Uthemar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to protect his home

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Extrovert, Justice. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears black trousers with green and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is portly but not overly obese. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Aerdeth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He struck the Layabout job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Obsidian (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 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 greataxes on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. 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 a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 600 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his small green hat.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 Map Maker. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2000 gp. Eye agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.