Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her head has been shaved. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She uses divination through singing.

History: Griselda lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 30000 cp. Amber (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She very much looks the part of a Mayor. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Guard profession.

History: Born in the west to a Mayor, Tenena learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 35000 sp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a tan coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Rimple will drive conversation. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Antitoxin. 1 Holy water. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. The war was a terrible time for him, and Gennal does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Gennal lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bellfounder they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Beggar, and he later adopted a second son.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Beggar

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

Possessions: 600 gp.