Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His red hair is braided into rings. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 90 pp. Eye agate (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Paelias is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Paelias was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 270 pp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp).

Description: An older man who wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, he is not a threatening figure. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a fancy green suit. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Laborer. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1100 gp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Merchant. He has moderate length red hair. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.