Description: This tall, slender man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His brass crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. The war was a terrible time for him, and Nykkan does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp. Malachite (13 gp).

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and he perpetually has his monstrous two handed axe ready. His hair is short and dark red. His black eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. In his youth he was a Mercenary, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'1" western man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a yellow coat. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Purban lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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's in love; and he has a crush on the local hunter

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 4 Holy water. 4 Alchemist’s fire. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is blonde and curly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Clerebold hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.