Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. 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 shaved his head bald. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 gp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Rose (20 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Coral (120 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Jade (120 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern man is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and tan handkerchief worn on his right side. His clothes are grease stained in places. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Nutae was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Nutae 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. Nutae 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 recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 270 pp. Rose (80 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a yellow costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Dayereth 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 gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a mercenary again

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 800 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and white handkerchief worn on his right side. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He got into the Armorer business at a young age. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Armorer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greatswords and hammers. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Theriatis grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Theriatis. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.