Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He very much looks the part of a Ruler. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. 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: Balancing his hectic life and new Ruler responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 5000 sp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Peridot (40 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He wears his auburn hair down. His eyes are likewise blue.

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 is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He's also a talented Ruler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand his business; and 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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: An older man who is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Masseuse, he is not a threatening figure. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. 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: The child of a Stylist, who enjoyed hunting, Berrian was taken on many hunting expeditions. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Berrian took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up axe and armor he uses now. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Suhnae lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. 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: To reunite with his absent mother; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 20000 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tharivol grew up listening to his father's many stories. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Tharivol has worked very hard to control his curse. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp. Moss agate (8 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp).