Description: An older man who wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, he is not a threatening figure. He has chestnut hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Crown-heir born in the past three hundred years. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Rolf was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Crown-heir work with an outfit from a few towns over. Crown-heir work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and balancing his hectic life and new crown-heir responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull white iron scale mail. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Bhevek was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Bhevek decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Rich purple corundum (1300 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his whip with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He keeps his purple hair in a pixie cut. He has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Leucis liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 120000 cp. Jade (60 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Jade (60 gp). Jasper (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a hammer, but if one is not available he will default to his axe. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Charles was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Jeweler. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 20 gp.