Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. 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 keeps his gold crest in a pixie cut. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 east. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Red spinel (110 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has golden hair. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Uthemar was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. 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 share knowledge with the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Job, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 40 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). 1 Backpack.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has styled his copper crest well, parting it to the right. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a cartwright again

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: An older man who wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants, he is not a threatening figure. His red hair is braided into rings. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Gifted from a young age, Qualen studied abroad. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and 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: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1600 sp.