Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length red crest. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nithther grew up listening to his father's many stories. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Barkeep. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature monstrous two handed axe.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 60 pp. Azurite (14 gp). Amber (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp).

Description: This man wears tattered old clothes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. His purple hair is greasy and uncared for. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Sammal hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Brewer father left him crippled. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 pp. Golden pearl (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp).

Description: 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 has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born in the west. He worked as a nervous Ploughman and found it very stressful. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scimitars and falchions. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Norman 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. Norman 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 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 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; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Malachite (11 gp). Zircon (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 3'5" eastern man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. 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: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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 repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 39000 sp.