Description: This man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. His auburn hair is still thick. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He got into the Interpreter business at a young age. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has brown eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Lance enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. 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 get a good night's sleep; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

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

Possessions: 30000 cp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. She has a hunchback. She has no hair. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears baggy white pantaloons and a black scarf. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. 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: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gilbert grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Gilbert. Being a Slave Trader kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.