Description: This slender man stands about 3'8". He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Erky fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. Moonstone (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Blue-white diamond (2000 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is black and very short. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Malmûg was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 900 pp. Eye agate (7 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Sard (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Jade (160 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Coral (160 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His brown hair is lengthy. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. 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: He was raised in a mountains tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has moderate length brown hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 700 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.