Description: This western man dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with brown slacks. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Through the years after Nicholas was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Nicholas's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp. Banded agate (16 gp). Jet (120 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Eye agate (16 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are green.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has a very tight haircut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1700 sp. Azurite (12 gp). Red spinel (100 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears professional attire. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 50 pp. Star rose quartz (40 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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 is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2900 sp.