Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His crest is brass and very short. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Gifted from a young age, Arjhan studied abroad. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Silver holy symbol. 1 Silk rope. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: This man is very fat, and likes to wear black tank tops with tan pants. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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 being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; 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: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 110 gp. Amber (60 gp).

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Vola embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Map Maker mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. She wears her golden hair up. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Actor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her tied-back hair is golden. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a Servant, her father struggled to pay the bills. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a detective and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.