Description: This northern man wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has dyed his greying blue crest a little too much giving a sharp blue color. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Stylist. He's also a talented Slave Trader, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 8000 gp. Silver pearl (140 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears bulky white painted plate armor. He is portly but not overly obese. He has wavy silver hair. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Kûga is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1200 pp. Black pearl (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'1" when asserting herself. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold and ruby ring (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears tattered old clothes. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. He is baby faced.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 7000 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Jet (140 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his broad brown hat.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Ruler. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Gold and ruby ring (8000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 3'2" and muscular, this eastern man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Fabien hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Fabien alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 4000 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'2". He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. After a long history of fighting, Uraim and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.