Description: This late middle aged man dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with violet slacks and is in decent physical shape. His head has been shaved. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Shane hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Artistic, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 600 gp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Through the years after Norman was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Norman's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. Jet (60 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: This man wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a hammer on his belt, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has shaved his head bald. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. 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 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; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Server

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1400 sp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, grey shirt, and violet tie. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Bellfounder. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Patrick lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp.