Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, grey shirt, and green tie. His hair is short and red. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 800 pp. Cloth of gold vestments (70 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (90 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (70 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears red leather gloves, a red jacket, and tight pants. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Jet (140 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Coral (140 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Golden pearl (140 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 man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his left hand. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Ruler who has hired him part-time. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born in the east. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Has a crush, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 7000 gp. Blue quartz (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Amber (120 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 3'0" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 14000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 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 is portly but not overly obese. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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, Zaffrab is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, In love. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 11000 gp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'7" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears her lavender fur down. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the east were limited. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is content

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 pp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). A small bag of saffron. (50 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (50 gp).

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Adventurer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 north. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 7000 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp).