Description: This late middle aged man tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt and is in decent physical shape. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He takes great joy in being the best Barrister in town.

History: Hugh was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Hugh abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 4 Acid flasks. 1 Everburning torch. 4 Acid flasks.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a worn and beaten armor. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a very tight haircut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are violet.

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. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'3" and wears a black shirt with thin green vertical stripes and grey pants. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: An old rival family wants him found; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Black opal (500 gp).