Description: This man is very fat, and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His silver crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his small green hat.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. 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: To end his boredom; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: Standing 4'7", this woman usually wears her green robe and has her sickle always slung over her shoulder. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. Her silver eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sickle.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, 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 auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born in the west. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying west to reunite his family. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has blue hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Amnon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears tattered old clothes. She has no hair. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born in the north. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying north to reunite her family. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Althaea was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Red spinel (90 gp).