Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His head has been shaved. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Naal was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Courier. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his lance, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born in the south. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. He has a very tight haircut. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is a great chef.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. 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 is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. He wears his silver hair up. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Dreali was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 gp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.