Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he dresses like a well dressed Doctor does. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has red eyes.

Personality: Kaladan hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Doctor.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a unemployed again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She carries a battered glaive and tarnished sai as well. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 40 pp. Sard (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Nicor hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Nicor alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. 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. Nicor fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has shaved his head bald. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. 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 Spice Merchant. He has worked as a Spice Merchant like his mother before him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Passionate, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Simple lock.