Description: He has a missing right arm. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Elaim was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Elaim's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red crest, when down, is lengthy. 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 lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Server

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 24000 cp. Alexandrite (1000 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She has moderate length silver crest. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A 5'3" southern man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Masseuse born in the past three hundred years. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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. After months of barely getting by, Raer managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 7000 cp. Zircon (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her golden hair is cut short. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.