Description: This man is very fat, and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His rusty crest is singed and shortened. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Direcris was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Hematite (15 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His copper crest is lengthy. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. After a long history of fighting, Trynnicus and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Military, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 800 gp. Fire opal (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Az-Rans embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Through the years after Az-Rans was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Az-Rans's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 400 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp).

Description: He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. His silver crest is braided into rings. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Nithther was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents were killed by giants in a raid when he was still a young child. The giants captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Nithther was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 80 gp.