Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. 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 chestnut hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100000 cp. Sard (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Hematite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'4" northern man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has wavy brown hair. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Nim was born the youngest of three triplets. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Nim was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Rose (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His red hair is singed and shortened. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 5000 sp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Red garnet (70 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is silver and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly spears and flails. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Efferil 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. Efferil decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 40000 cp. Carnelian (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.