Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He carries a battered sword and tarnished ceremonial dagger as well. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. 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: Elaim was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 Barkeep. He has achieved small success as a Barkeep.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Aquamarine (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a hunchback. His hair is brown and very short. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Hunter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 140 gp. Sard (60 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this western man wears long strands of amber and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: He is greedy; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a violet collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She sports silver long hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Emeny was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Being a Herbalist kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2700 sp.