Description: He stands about 5'5" and is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Nim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student he started as a Crown-heir, but he got bored and became a Sage. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to be a crown-heir again

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Aquamarine (1600 gp).

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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: Someone believes him a fraud; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Dyer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Korfel has worked very hard to control his curse. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: 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.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1300 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He refers to his adoptive mother 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: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. Jade (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. After months of barely getting by, Rolen managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 5000 sp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.