Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed brown hat.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp. Alexandrite (1300 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Amber (150 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a whip, but if one is not available he will default to his warhammer. His red hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this western man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 gp. Coral (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Traki fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Hedonist. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tan collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Nim was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: Azurite (8 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Sard (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).