Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Aust was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. After a long history of fighting, Aust and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 pp. Star rose quartz (40 gp). Blue diamond (2000 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear flannel. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Unemployed who has hired him part-time. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Unemployed arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Aquamarine (1100 gp). Coral (160 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Jade (160 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Amber (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His white hair is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 4000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.