Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is long and black with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a red small hat and red clothes, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is red and very short. His ears are large.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. Halimath liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. He wears his silver hair up. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is white and very short. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Theriatis was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Scribe and was forced into it by his family; 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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a grey shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He became a Mason soon after.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 220 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.