Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. 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 has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 7000 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Herbalist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. During his travels, Paelias and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Paelias discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Paelias fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fire opal (1300 gp). Jet (80 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, yellow shirt, and grey tie. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Performer who has hired him part-time. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Gifted from a young age, Theren studied abroad. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Sage; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (50 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1600 gp. Red garnet (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp).

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greatsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is auburn and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

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 moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1000 gp.