Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears suspenders and yellow workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. His black hair is thinning but still full. His ears are large.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He uses divination through singing.

History: Paelias was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Coral (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp).

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, violet shirt, and green tie. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Animal Trainer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. He has several tiny sapphire 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 does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he very much looks the part of a Ruler. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Korfel was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Korfel decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has achieved small success as a Ruler.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Rich, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears skinny pants and wears a grey and brown robe with the hood down. His hair is golden and curly. He has blue eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Soveliss hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. 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 is content; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 700 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.