Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He keeps his long scarlet crest kept up in a rat tail. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nykkan isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dragonborn unity. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying east to reunite his family. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is portly but not overly obese. Her golden hair is wavy and long. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has wavy white hair. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the east to a Beggar, Lucan learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Beggar and found it very stressful. He has taken up work as a Beggar and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear flannel. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Interpreter business.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp).